{"product_id":"snake-oil-9780062867964b","title":"Snake Oil","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA razor-sharp literary thriller about three women vying for power at a wellness startup, where the cost of ambition might be deadly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne woman’s elixir is another woman’s poison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRhoda West is Silicon Valley’s favorite female CEO: the luminously charismatic founder of the fast-growing startup Radical, a wellness company whose core mission is the betterment of women’s lives. Rhoda’s Instagram page offers intimate glimpses of her personal life alongside promotions for the cult-status products developed in the Well, Radical’s secretive lab.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDani Lang is a “quester,” as Rhoda calls her most avid followers. Dani found Radical at a low point in her life, and took an entry level job just to get in the door. When she volunteers to test a controversial new supplement, Dani wins an opportunity to rise in the company, even to work with Rhoda herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCecelia Cole is a “quasher.” She grinds away at the Customer Worship queue, resenting the entitled customers, the woo-woo Radical jargon, and Rhoda’s smiling hypocrisy. Cecelia, who suffers from a miserable chronic illness, knows that the remedies Rhoda sells can’t cure real sickness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as Rhoda announces another fundraising round that could turn Radical into a billion-dollar unicorn, an anonymous Twitter account begins spilling snarky gossip from inside the startup. Is Rhoda really the nurturing leader she presents to the world, or a fraud? Or is this just another case of a woman in business being punished for her strength and audacity?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTensions rise and loyalties clash, then tragedy strikes during a company party. In the aftermath of what looks more and more like a crime, even the most faithful questers begin to wonder to what lengths Rhoda will go to protect her company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart page-turning suspense, part darkly comic skewering of startup culture, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSnake Oil\u003c\/span\u003e is a gripping exploration of ambition and authenticity, shining a revealing light on the wellness world.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“A brisk and fun thriller… This is a novel with a lively, churning plot, about which nothing more can be said without revealing its deftly constructed twists. Blending soap-operatic thrills and boardroom intrigue, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSnake Oil\u003c\/span\u003e is consistently satisfying, a reminder that it might be intoxicating to watch bubbles grow, but it’s always more memorable when they burst.” — \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42870388752464,"sku":"9780062867964B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780062867964-l.jpg?v=1785883263","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/snake-oil-9780062867964b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}