Showing Up for Life

A deeply personal and heartfelt book, A Breadline of One’s Own offers an intimate look at the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. learned growing up during the Great Depression, as well as those he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage today. Through the course of several dozen narratives arranged in roughly chronological fashion, Gates introduces the people and experiences that influenced his moral compass and shaped his thinking. Among them: His famous son Trey, whose curiosity and passion for computers and software led him to ultimately co-found Microsoft. Through revealing stories of his daughters, Kristi and Libby; his late wife, Mary, and his current wife Mimi; and his work with Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter, Gates reveals a life richly lived.