Manny's Book Shelf: Small Fry: A Memoir By Lisa Brenna-Jobs

I enjoyed this book. Being an "Apple Person" this book struck a cord with me. I read Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson's back in 2012 and was immediately addicted to Jobs the man. Not for the same reasons as many may think. The man was amazing yet cruel and mean spirited.

It is hard to not admit that Steve Jobs was, above all else, an asshole. The stories I heard and read about regarding his daughter Lisa and her mother, were always missing some necessary details. This book delivered them. The one resounding point in this book, that quite frankly almost brought me to tears, was the regret one has on their deathbed.

Lisa Brennan-Jobs was no stranger to "daddy issues" from early on. Seeing her father lauded from every corner of the earth while experiencing the loneliness he created was heartbreaking. I will say that the level of interaction he DID have with her based on this writing was much more than I originally understood. This book covers the life of Steve Jobs' daughter, Lisa. It goes through the ups and down of her "relationship" with her father.

In one interaction in the book, Steve Jobs admits to Lisa that "He is not too good at communicating". The irony was not lost in this statement. The man solely responsible for the success of all thing Apple, that convinced millions of people, including myself, to buy their products saying that he is not a good communicator was strange at a minimum.

You will walk away feeling sadness, outrage, love and despair for Lisa. Her ability to become a self-contained, functioning, adult outside the shadow her famous father is heroic to some degree; her multi-million dollar inheritance notwithstanding.

I recommend this book for anyone knowing about Steve Jobs. Anyone who does know him will be prepared to read about what we always knew about him, To those new, you will feel outrage during many times in this book. You will see a vulnerable and troubled Steve Jobs and how his life affected his life with his family.