Never far from home : my journey from Brooklyn to Hip Hop, Microsoft, and the law / Bruce Jackson.
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher:
Atria Booksan imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Prologue : New York, 2010 -- Flora Mae -- "Just tell us you did it" -- The hustle -- Just try. Once. -- The world outside my door -- John Wesley Miller -- We're all struggling -- Brotherhood -- Georgetown -- Pete Rock & CL Smooth -- You've got my back, I've got yours -- First and foremost -- Off to Seattle -- We can do better -- Home again -- Epilogue : New York, July 2018.
Summary:
"Microsoft's associate general counsel shares the inspirational story of his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology and music industries in this stirring true story of grit and perseverance. For fans of Indra Nooyi's My Life in Full and Viola Davis's Finding Me"-- Provided by publisher.
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