Amiga

Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

To deal with her present, she must face her past. In 1985, a young Laura Rodriguez goes to Silicon Valley to start a career as a computer programmer. She finds a job at a quirky startup run by a family with secrets. In 2016, a now middle-aged Laura faces growing professional and family crises and the most divisive presidential election in recent history. She fears losing her job in the wake of a merger, and she distrusts her new millennial boss. Her daughter has cancer, her son quit a lucrative programming job and moved back home, and her marriage is crumbling—especially when an old flame reenters her life. Laura must seek solutions from a past she wants to forget. She may find them in the computer that changed her life, the Amiga.

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Author Biography

Matthew Arnold Stern is a Southern California native who grew up in Reseda and lives in Orange County. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from California State University, Northridge. The Remainders is his second novel published by Black Rose Writing. His debut with Black Rose Writing, Amiga, was called “a brilliantly plotted, well-crafted historical novel” and “a good and entertaining read.” He earned awards for his writing and public speaking, including Distinguished Toastmaster and an Award of Excellence from the International Online Communications Competition. He is married with two children, a granddaughter, and lots of cats.

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What good is making money...

What happens when our love of creativity goes against our parents' expectations? Is it better to do what we love or do what pays the most money? It's a question Henry must confront with his mom and dad.

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Amiga

Kevin stayed planted on the sofa. “Son, only a handful of musicians ever made any money from their music. And most of them are dead.”

I folded my arms. “And you walked away from a job with a six-figure salary.”

“What good is making money if you feel dead inside? What good is having a nice car if you drive it to a job you hate? Didn’t you tell me about what that one guy said to you? ‘People have the right to change their mind.’”

“But you worked for Google! They give you free gourmet food!”

“Mom, it’s not me! It’s not me!” Henry’s voice began to quiver. “Maybe you can spend the last 30 years moving bits around, but it’s not me!”

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Matthew Arnold Stern

Amiga

Synopsis

Author Biography

Author Insight

What good is making money...

What happens when our love of creativity goes against our parents' expectations? Is it better to do what we love or do what pays the most money? It's a question Henry must confront with his mom and dad.

Book Excerpt

Amiga

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