SMALL FRY

Informationen zum Autor Lisa Brennan-Jobs lives in Brooklyn and Small Fry is her first book. Klappentext Lisa Brennan-Jobs looks back at her relationship with her father, Apple founder Steve Jobs, who initially denied paternity of her. An intimate, amusing, honest and sad presentation of a difficult father, and Brennan-Jobs' journey to become her own person between two very different parents. A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Vogue's Best Book of the Year, 2018 Sunday Time s' Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018 Zusammenfassung Vogue's Best Books of the Year, 2018 Sunday Time s' Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018 A New York Times Book of the Year New Yorker Book of the Year A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents - artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs - Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, holidays and private schools. His attention was thrilling, but he could also be cold, critical and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa decided to move in with her father, hoping he'd become the parent she'd always wanted him to be. Small Fry is Lisa Brennan-Jobs's poignant story of a childhood spent between two imperfect but extraordinary homes. Scrappy, wise and funny, young Lisa is an unforgettable guide through her parents' fascinating and disparate worlds. Part portrait of a complex family, part love letter to California in the seventies and eighties, Small Fry is an enthralling book by an insightful new literary voice. ...

Vorwort

A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.

Vogue's Best Book of the Year, 2018
*Sunday Time*s' Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018

Autorentext
Lisa Brennan-Jobs lives in Brooklyn and Small Fry is her first book.

Klappentext

Lisa Brennan-Jobs looks back at her relationship with her father, Apple founder Steve Jobs, who initially denied paternity of her. An intimate, amusing, honest and sad presentation of a difficult father, and Brennan-Jobs' journey to become her own person between two very different parents.

Zusammenfassung

Vogue's Best Books of the Year, 2018
Sunday Times' Best Memoirs of the Year, 2018
A New York Times Book of the Year
*New Yorker* Book of the Year

A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.

Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents - artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs - Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, holidays and private schools. His attention was thrilling, but he could also be cold, critical and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa decided to move in with her father, hoping he'd become the parent she'd always wanted him to be.

Small Fry is Lisa Brennan-Jobs's poignant story of a childhood spent between two imperfect but extraordinary homes. Scrappy, wise and funny, young Lisa is an unforgettable guide through her parents' fascinating and disparate worlds. Part portrait of a complex family, part love letter to California in the seventies and eighties, Small Fry is an enthralling book by an insightful new literary voice.