![]() ![]() ![]() From Jobs’ refusal to pay for her college to his ongoing refutation that his first personal computer, the Apple Lisa, was named for her, she describes a master of mental and emotional manipulation: “ ‘Well, then, who was it named after?’ ‘An old girlfriend,’ he said, looking off into the distance, as if remembering. With a background in journalism, she skillfully and poignantly navigates her formative years, revealing the emotional wounds that parents can often visit upon their children. Instead, Brennan-Jobs offers a stunningly beautiful study of parenting that just so happens to include the co-founder of Apple. In a lesser writer’s hands, the narrative could have devolved into literary revenge. ![]() The author engagingly packs in every detail of her life, including her seemingly innocuous conception by Jobs and artist Chrisann Brennan, her father’s paternity denial, their rocky reconciliation, and Jobs’ ultimate rejection and silence. It’s rare to find a memoir from a celebrity’s child in which the writing is equal to-or exceeds-the parent’s reputation, but that is the case with Brennan-Jobs’ debut. An epic, sharp coming-of-age story from the daughter of Steve Jobs. ![]()
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