The Bite in the Apple

A Memoir of My Life with Steve Jobs

By: Chrisann Brennan

Narrated by: Coleen Marlo

Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time when Jobs was passionately aware that there was something much bigger to be had out of life, and that new kinds of revelations were within reach.

The Bite in the Apple is the very human tale of Jobs's ascent and the toll it took, told from the author's unique perspective as his first girlfriend, co-parent, friend, and - like many others - object of his cruelty. Brennan writes with depth and breadth, and she doesn't buy into all the hype. She talks with passion about an idealistic young man who was driven to change the world, about a young father who denied his own child, and about a man who mistook power for love. Chrisann Brennan's intimate memoir provides the listener with a human dimension to Jobs's myth. Finally, an audiobook that reveals a more real Steve Jobs.

©2013 Chrisann Brennan (P)2013 Tantor

Wonderful and different perspective on Steve Jobs

My name is Spencer Cox and I'm a journalist who has interviewed John Sculley and Daniel Kottke
to try and learn as much as I can about the man in the machine known as Steve Jobs. Chrisann has been known far too long as a villain in the Steve Jobs mythology but this book opened up so many windows of thought of Steve Jobs and is a must for anyone wanting to learn more of the early
Steve Jobs.

Missing Important Book Re: Jobs

This is a well written, well narrated, moving book about the real Steve Jobs. After I read Walter Isaacson’s book, there was an uneasy incompleteness about the story of Jobs. This fills in the gaps. You get a much better picture and a fuller understanding. Looking forward to reading her daughter’s new book.

I admire and respect Chrisann so much more for what she had to endure.

Elegantly Expressed

Chrisann does a fantastic job of voicing her frustrations, telling her side of the story and taking a bite out of the apple. Even though it seems the apple took a bite out of her as well.
Five Stars

Incredible Book!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Chrisann was my favorite character, because she writes from her heart! I was so surprised to hear all the other "side" of the story! I was fascinated with everything and specially her beautiful way of writing.

Any additional comments?

I highly recommend this book! Chrisann Brennan tells everything so nicely!

Written from the Heart

I loved it. It was a story from the perspective of Steve’s first love. A must read to appreciate a side of Steve Jobs you won’t find in any other book about him. I recommend it highly...