me. He was known to guard his privacy, and I had no reason to believe he'd ever read any of my books. Maybe someday, I continued to say. But in 2009 his wife, Laurene Powell, said bluntly, "If you're ever going to do a book on Steve, you'd better do it now." He had just taken a second medical leave. I confessed to her that when he had first raised the idea, I hadn't known he was sick. Almost nobody knew, she said.
In the narrative, the author reflects on the guarded nature of Steve Jobs, suggesting that it was unlikely he would engage with any of his works. Despite this, there was an intriguing possibility of exploring Jobs' life through literature, a thought the author entertained for some time. The conversation with Jobs' wife, Laurene, in 2009 was a pivotal moment, as she urged the author to start the book due to Jobs'...
