At the height of the tech stock boom, Matthew Spaur wanted to have it all. He began a blended family with Connye and her three sons, and together they started a new weekly newspaper. But during their second Christmas together, Connye was diagnosed with porphyria, a rare genetic blood disorder. Matthew suddenly became not only a new business owner in a cutthroat market, but also a rare-disease caregiver. As the stock market collapsed, the 9/11 attacks shoved the country towards recession an...

"This memoir's reward is insights shared by a man honest with himself and his strengths and limitations in a way that is compelling, actually quietly fascinating." -- Jay Levin, Founder of LA Weekly newspaperHaving it all can leave you with nothing.At the height of the Dot-com Boom on Wall St., Matthew Spaur used his earnings from the tech industry to remarry, become a stepparent to three boys, and start a weekly newspaper--all at the same time. Overnight, he became a self-...