Have you ever wondered what it would be like to drive for Uber? Have you ever been curious as to what kind of people use Uber? Where they are going? What do they talk about during the ride? How do they behave, or misbehave? This is the book to read! Jessie Newburn's "Uber Chronicles: Field Notes from the Front Seat," the first in a series, answers those questions and more ... in the form of storytelling. Driving for Uber since early 2016, Jessie chronicles her experiences with each--and every--passenger, from the conversations with interesting people with fascinating stories, to the incredibly everyday, ho-hum-ness of people who just need a ride from one place to another. But don't let the ho-hum-ness of the ride fool you. As Gabe Karpati, one of her earlier readers, says, "There is a relaxing magical quality to the way she writes these stories. A sweet quiet zen silence that is shining through every line. Jessie presents these encounters like a meditation, where the seer observes but doesn't get entangled." Ten different days and nights out driving for Uber. Fifty-six passengers. Fifty-six stories. So, come along for the ride. Join in. Listen in. And experience what Uber is like from the front seat of the car.
About the Author: Jessie Newburn never planned to write about her experiences as an Uber driver. Heck, she never even thought she'd drive for Uber. But there she was one day, desperately needing to Just.Do.Something, and so she decided to Uber. After a few nights out, she came home and was taken by the thought that what was happening inside her car was interesting. And so she wrote. And wrote. About each and every passenger. "Uber Chronicles: Field Note from the Front Seat" is her first book in a series. Beyond this book, Jessie has embraced the gig economy, doing #bizdev for a digital marketing firm, hawking anti-aging products, managing a community site in her hometown, and doing various and sundry other gigs. She forages (in meadows and in friends' refrigerators); dances contra, zydeco and waltz; champions the thoughtful and intelligent use of social media (particularly on the local level); travels to Black Rock City often; and advocates for an updated conversation about cannabis and psychedelics. While she ponders-seemingly incessantly-whether she should (1) move to a place with more land and, idyllically, more room to grow more food or (2) move to the city and have a smaller footprint, for now she continues to live in one of the suburbiest suburbs in the world: Columbia, Maryland, which is both conveniently and not conveniently located between Baltimore, Annapolis, and Washington, D.C. *** Stay in touch! Web - http: //www.uber-chronicles.com Facebook - https: //www.facebook.com/uberchronicles/ Updates - http: //eepurl.com/b8sShf Photo by David Hobby