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This is a book that is entertaining as it is hard to read. Sad to say but I was raised by a sociopath and I feel that I had a better child hood than the author did. This book will bring a tear to your eye and well as a few laughs. One of the most heart rending stories is when Steve Jobs finally brings home a NeXT computer for Lisa to have. (She had been wanting one for about a year.) Only to find out that is does not work and he eventually removes it from her room. Let’s face it the guy had a genius for design but he was also a sadist. No doubt about the last one. The book mentions how Stevie baby took the whole family to Hawaii and while enjoying the climate of such a beautiful place he took time out to basically torture a parrot. He was teasing it with food trying to determine if it would learn the lesson not to lean for the food when he dangled it in front of the bird. (Can you imagine how many human beings he performed this exact exercise on in this life time.)

Sooo thanks for making the effort to write this book. My parents moved up several notches by the time that I finished reading this master work. (I never thought that would happen.) The most important point of this story to me is….a beautiful lady was able to weather the storm of bad parenting (both by the way) and basically willed herself into Harvard. Ms. Brennan-Jobs you are a survivor and also an inspiration.


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Small Fry Lisa BrennanJobs 9780802128232 Books Reviews

I’m a year younger than the author, so her colorful writing evokes a lot of nostalgia.

I think there’s much risk in writing a book like this. It could be interpreted as X, Y, or Z because of Steve Jobs. But, this book is a fantastic execution of a difficult task, and the story is uniquely the author’s own. It’s quite interesting to read the account of a person in her circumstances, and to see the world through the eyes of a child in California during the 80’s.

This book is a pleasure to read. Really enjoying this.
Living in Palo Alto in the 1980s, we often heard rumors that Steve had a daughter named Lisa for whom the computer was named. No one seemed to know whether this was a true story or an urban legend, and certainly none of us realized that Lisa and her mom lived among us -- going out for dinner to the Good Earth, shopping at Units, cruising down University Avenue. Meanwhile, especially after Steve and Laurene married and more kids came along, we often ran into them getting dessert at Gelato Classico, buying gifts at Palo Alto Toy & Sport, even roller skating along Homer near Whole Foods. Whatever else we thought about Steve, he seemed like a devoted dad.

Except he wasn't.

Lots of people are raised by substandard parents. You don't get to choose your mom and dad. For many of us, recovery can take decades or maybe even never. But Lisa, to her unending credit, is able to tell a story that radiates affection despite describing neglect that borders on abuse. She walks us through her childhood and teen years with unstinting candor, including a number of anecdotes that highlight her own missteps.

The most affecting scenes are the mother-daughter stories. Chris doesn't seem like a candidate for Mom of the Year, as she leaves Lisa by herself as a young child, brings home a series of boyfriends, moves from house to house, and often loses her temper. But because we see her through Lisa's eyes, our takeaway is the shared adoration between mother and child, and we understand that for all her foibles, Chris fought to give her daughter the best possible life. And in many ways her efforts were stymied rather than supported by the fact that Steve overshadowed their lives, even during the years that he remained detached from them.

Lisa is an artist, and her writing is the verbal equivalent of a painting, every detail sharply rendered. For that reason alone, this book is worth a reader's attention. Years ago I read an autobiography written by a poet whose narrative resonated like a poem; Small Fry hits that same note and sustains it. If not for her famous father, her book probably would never have been published, and that would have been a loss to all of us.
It is amazing how much Lisa Brennan Jobs reminds me of the protagonist in "Educated," both overcame massive hurdles, parental indifference, cruelty and outright obstruction to get an education and have successful lives. It also interests me that Steve Job's wife and sister commented on the book that it "wasn't the Steve they remembered." Of course it wasn't, he treated them well. They don't, however, say she was wrong as to how she was treated. They remind me of when Child Protective Services interviews the two children sitting and eating at the dinner table as to what kind of parents they have. Their description of their parents will be way different from the third child's--the one outside chained to the dog house and eating scraps out of a dog bowl. Can you imagine the scathing parental conversations about Lisa her half-sister must have overheard if she could so casually describe Lisa to a group of her friends as "Daddy's mistake?" Hats off to Lisa Brennan Jobs, you didn't have the childhood you deserved, but you certainly have made something of yourself!
This is a book that is entertaining as it is hard to read. Sad to say but I was raised by a sociopath and I feel that I had a better child hood than the author did. This book will bring a tear to your eye and well as a few laughs. One of the most heart rending stories is when Steve Jobs finally brings home a NeXT computer for Lisa to have. (She had been wanting one for about a year.) Only to find out that is does not work and he eventually removes it from her room. Let’s face it the guy had a genius for design but he was also a sadist. No doubt about the last one. The book mentions how Stevie baby took the whole family to Hawaii and while enjoying the climate of such a beautiful place he took time out to basically torture a parrot. He was teasing it with food trying to determine if it would learn the lesson not to lean for the food when he dangled it in front of the bird. (Can you imagine how many human beings he performed this exact exercise on in this life time.)

Sooo thanks for making the effort to write this book. My parents moved up several notches by the time that I finished reading this master work. (I never thought that would happen.) The most important point of this story to me is….a beautiful lady was able to weather the storm of bad parenting (both by the way) and basically willed herself into Harvard. Ms. Brennan-Jobs you are a survivor and also an inspiration.