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Lisa Brennan-Jobs on her "glamorous world"

Apple CEO Steve Jobs fathered a daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who has grown up into the very image of her famous father. Biographies of Jobs have recounted how he initially refused to acknowledge her, but later invited her to live with him as a teenager. In a first-person article in February's Vogue, Brennan-Jobs addresses her personal history — as far as we know, for the first time. Here's the 100-word version:

In California, my mother had raised me mostly alone. We didn't have many things, but she is warm and we were happy. We moved a lot. We rented. My father was rich and renowned, and later, as I got t know him, went on vacations with him, and then lived with him for a few years, I saw another, more glamorous world. The two sides didn't mix, and I missed one when I had the other. When I left Marco he gave me a gift: a small glass snail. I think it meant that I'd had my home all along: Snails carry their home with them wherever they go.

10:20 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Jordan Golson
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sample032 at 10:49 AM on 02/15/08
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"When I left Marco he gave me a gift: a small glass snail. I think it meant that I'd had my home all along: Snails carry their home with them wherever they go."

So do turtles, but without the "eww" factor.
blakeley at 10:57 AM on 02/15/08
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I would so hit that.
sample032 at 10:59 AM on 02/15/08
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@blakeley: But what would happen when you say her dad's name?
blakeley at 11:04 AM on 02/15/08
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@sample032: What would I care?
Alaska Miller at 11:49 AM on 02/15/08
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call me daddy steve, babe
Rick at 01:26 PM on 02/15/08
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The story of him "initially refusing" makes him about the biggest scumbag alive and is wayyy underplayed
twig at 02:47 PM on 02/15/08
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I used to know Lisa.

She's awesome, and very bright, and she seems to be a total headcase.
googoobaby at 04:27 PM on 02/15/08
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Doesn't anyone remember the story about the paternity test being 98% probable. Jobs' response was something like, that left a few hundred thousand other candidates.
raincoaster at 06:17 AM on 02/16/08
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@googoobaby: Yes, we remember it. And we remember that it was a couple of decades ago now. It's possible that he learned a lesson in the meantime. If he's good enough for his kid and the evidence indicates that she turned out okay, that's good enough for me.
Jordan Golson at 02:41 PM on 02/17/08
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@raincoaster: Don't be foolish. This is America. If I have to drudge up some quote from 20 years ago to make my point, I'll do it, goddamn it.
narnio at 08:35 AM on 02/20/08
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@twig: I met her a few years ago, she's a wonderful writer. Seriously.