Writer Jeff Goodell grew up in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, in a sleepy town named Sunnyvale. Suddenly, the computer revolution took off, changing Sunnyvale from a community of orchards and tract homes, to one of start-ups and millionaires. At the same time the computer industry was skyrocketing, Jeff Goodell's parents got divorced, his father's landscaping business started to fail, and his brother developed a decades long substance abuse problem. Host Jacki Lyden speaks to Goodell about his book, Sunnyvale, which tells how the rise of Silicon Valley, and the fall of his family are intertwined. (Sunnyvale: the Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family; Random House, 2000)
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