This account vividly recaptures the pain and yearning of Joan London for the father who left the family circle. A very different London story, it tells of growing family tensions and what it meant to live in the glow of a famous but absent father. Includes a selection of photographs Jack London kept for his daughter, and a preface by Bart Abbott, Joan London's son and Jack London's grandson.Joan London brings us an intimate portrait of the Jack London only she knew, and...adds a key piece to the colorful mosaic of California life and literature. -- San Francisco Chronicle