Genius or manchild? Reconsidering Steve Jobs after his daughter's book

The statement from Steve Jobs’ widow arrived via email, unrequested, in the middle of Labor Day. “Lisa is part of our family, so it was with sadness that we read her book,” it began, the “we” referring to Laurene Powell Jobs and her sister-in-law, the novelist Mona Simpson. “The portrayal of Steve is not the husband and father we knew,” it continued. “Steve loved Lisa, and he regretted that he was not the father he should have been during her early childhood.” 

It’s what any PR expert would call “getting ahead of the story” — the story being Small Fry, an autobiography by the Apple founder’s first child Lisa Brennan-Jobs, daughter of Christine Brennan, which was released the next day. Never mind that Lisa was technically part of Steve’s family circle before either Laurene or Mona (younger birth sister to Steve, who was put up for adoption). Get your riposte in first, the advice goes, and you control the narrative.  Read more…

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