The Glitch

The Glitch by Elisabeth Cohen, 358 pages

Twenty years after being struck by lightning, Shelley Stone is living her best life as CEO of Conch, a company that's creating the newest wearable tech — a small, unobtrusive device that acts as a personal assistant, making suggestions, managing schedules, recognizing the music you're humming, etc. But when Shelley and her family takes a vacation to France, her carefully constructed world begins to crack, starting with the disappearance, and odd reappearance, of her 4-year-old daughter.

This is a fantastic tale of the sacrifices that come with trying to have it all as a powerful woman, and Cohen has created a great character in Shelley, a woman who would probably become a robot if the opportunity presented itself (at one point, she explains that 3:30 a.m. is her "me time," a time for her to catch up on emails and world business news while she runs some relaxing 7-minute miles on the treadmill). Yes, it exaggerates the lengths to which women are expected to stretch themselves to be successful in business and as mothers, but only by a little bit. I loved this book.