Around the turn of the last century, millions of Jews escaped Eastern Europe and landed in the Goldene Medina, the Golden Country, the United States. In Inside the Bubble, Noga Niv writes of a circle of friends who left Israel in the last quarter century to come to Silicon Valley, this century’s Golden Country, to seek new lives and new fortunes. What makes the book special is Niv’s intimate understanding of couples, where the man too often chases after superficial trappings while the woman searches for unattainable meaning. Narrow keys open wide doors; although she focuses on Israeli immigrants, Niv has written a wise and insightful story with something for everyone.