{"product_id":"sunnyvale-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-silicon-valley-family-paperback","title":"Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeff Goodell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Sunnyvale, California, in 1979, Jeff Goodell's family lived quietly on Meadowlark Lane, unaware that their town was soon to become ground zero in the digital revolution. Over the course of the next decade, as Silicon Valley boomed, the Goodell family unraveled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSplintered by their parent's divorce, Jeff and his siblings careen toward self-destruction, while their parents end up on opposite sides of the technological divide: their mother succeeds beyond her wildest dreams at \"a small company with a dopey rainbow-colored logo,\" called Apple, while their father refuses to keep up with the times and loses his landscaping business. Affecting and personal, \u003cb\u003eSunnyvale\u003c\/b\u003e is a portrait of one family's fate in a brutally Darwinian world. It is also a thoughtful examination of what has happened to the American family in the face of the technological revolution.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Sunnyvale, California, in 1979, Jeff Goodell's family lived quietly on Meadowlark Lane, unaware that their town was soon to become ground zero in the digital revolution. Over the course of the next decade, as Silicon Valley boomed, the Goodell family unraveled. \u003cbr\u003eSplintered by their parent's divorce, Jeff and his siblings careen toward self-destruction, while their parents end up on opposite sides of the technological divide: their mother succeeds beyond her wildest dreams at \"a small company with a dopey rainbow-colored logo,\" called Apple, while their father refuses to keep up with the times and loses his landscaping business. Affecting and personal, Sunnyvale is a portrait of one family's fate in a brutally Darwinian world. It is also a thoughtful examination of what has happened to the American family in the face of the technological revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Goodell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cyberthief and the Samurai\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Wired\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e. A fourth-generation Californian, he now lives in upstate New York. He can be e-mailed at \u003cb\u003ejg@well.com\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759199650080,"sku":"9780679776383","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f31a59eca48562c1bc0f82925d59a70a.webp?v=1780145196","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sunnyvale-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-silicon-valley-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}