Abby Virtually

A coming-of-age story set primarily in New Delhi, India, with a sub-plot taking place in New York, Abby Virtually captures a young teenage girl’s foray into global tech entrepreneurship against the backdrop of a society caught between modernity, traditional values, and the changing role of women. Abhaya, an Indian teenager from New Delhi, India, cannot stand living at her parents’ home any longer. Sharing a room with an older sister, she distastes a father who is heavy on tradition. A brilliant programmer, Abhaya forges a secret life online, where she rents her services to clients around the world with a secret plan to make enough money, so she can run away from home. With its multiple layers, Abby Virtually introduces readers to themes including contemporary generational gap, ethnical prejudice, and violence against women. Yet where Abhaya’s journey ends up taking her, is the last place she would have ever imagined.

Author Biography

Ronen Divon resides in beautiful Cary, North Carolina with his wife and four kids: a set of triplets and singleton. An Israeli-born who spent twenty-five years in New York prior to relocating to NC, Ronen brings a unique blend of mixed cultures and philosophies into his work as a writer. He is an award-winning filmmaker (MFA, School of Visual Arts, NYC) with additional training in mixed media, and is a yoga and Tai Chi instructor, a healer, a spiritualist, and a business entrepreneur with rich life experience, and keen, honest observations about life. To date, Ronen has published two children’s books and a host of short adult fiction stories, as well as many articles and blog posts.