Publisher's Synopsis
An artist who gave up on poverty, and ended up in high tech. An 11-year-old daughter whose only frame of reference is the luxury of Silicon Valley. Essays about growing up in an itinerant military family, migrating from the lingering economics of The Great Depression to the narcotic comforts of Silicon Valley, trying to maintain some pulse in a creative life, the unexpected rewards of fatherhood, and the struggle to succeed as a parent.