Small Fry: a Memoir (Hardcover)

A NEW YORK TIMES AND NEW YORKER TOP 10 BOOK OF THE YEAR Beautiful literary and devastating. --New York Times Book Review - Revelatory. --Entertainment Weekly - A masterly Silicon Valley gothic. --Vogue - Mesmerizing discomfiting reading.. A book of no small literary skill. --New Yorker - Extraordinary.. An aching exquisitely told story. --People - The sleeper critical hit of the season. 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 vacations 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. Part portrait of a complex family part love letter to California in the seventies and eighties Small Fry is a poignant coming-of-age story from one of our most exciting new literary voices. Praise for Small Fry An intimate richly drawn portrait.. The reader of this exquisite memoir is left with a loving forgiving remembrance and the lasting impression of a resilient kindhear