Sunnyvale - The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family (Paperback, 1st Vintage Books ed)

In 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.

Splintered 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.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Jeff Goodell
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
Edition:	1st Vintage Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-77638-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-679-77638-9
Barcode:	9780679776383

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