Szczegóły książki
Format
Kindle
Strony
181
Język
Angielski
Opublikowany
Aug 4, 2025
Opis
A Life in Bits and PiecesHow do you make sense of a life that never followed a script?
Spanning eight remarkable decades of resilience, recklessness, humor, heartbreak, and hard-earned wisdom, A Life in Bits and Pieces is a memoir told through the sharp lens of memory—imperfect, intimate, and deeply human.
David Edward Blake grew up in postwar California in the shadow of an alcoholic father and a fractured home. From there, he clawed his way into college, rode the waves of Silicon Valley’s early boom, survived failed marriages, raised children, built a house with his own hands, skied the peaks of three continents, and navigated love, loss, and the surprising turns of late life. At every age, he sought not perfection, but clarity—and maybe a little peace.
This isn’t a straight line through one man’s life. It’s a mosaic of vivid some hilarious, some harrowing, some full of heart. Told with unflinching honesty, biting wit, and a voice that refuses to sentimentalize, A Life in Bits and Pieces explores the moments that shape us—the ones we celebrate, and the ones we survive.
For anyone who's tried to make sense of their past or anyone still trying, this book is a reminder that no life is small, and no memory is without meaning.
Spanning eight remarkable decades of resilience, recklessness, humor, heartbreak, and hard-earned wisdom, A Life in Bits and Pieces is a memoir told through the sharp lens of memory—imperfect, intimate, and deeply human.
David Edward Blake grew up in postwar California in the shadow of an alcoholic father and a fractured home. From there, he clawed his way into college, rode the waves of Silicon Valley’s early boom, survived failed marriages, raised children, built a house with his own hands, skied the peaks of three continents, and navigated love, loss, and the surprising turns of late life. At every age, he sought not perfection, but clarity—and maybe a little peace.
This isn’t a straight line through one man’s life. It’s a mosaic of vivid some hilarious, some harrowing, some full of heart. Told with unflinching honesty, biting wit, and a voice that refuses to sentimentalize, A Life in Bits and Pieces explores the moments that shape us—the ones we celebrate, and the ones we survive.
For anyone who's tried to make sense of their past or anyone still trying, this book is a reminder that no life is small, and no memory is without meaning.