Philip Livingston

New Book Reveals Effects of Complex Time

Cook, as an entrepreneur's daughter, has witnessed these effects firsthand, and she skillfully and honestly shares how her father's entrepreneurial drive affected her family in different ways, from her mother, who had almost no say in the family-owned businesses except when it was convenient to list properties in her name, to her older brothers who ended up taking prominent roles as successors to their father, and to Cook herself, who was marginalized and nearly edged out by her brothers once her father was no longer able to run the business, despite his intention for all three of his children to have equal roles in the businesses' operations. Add to this that her father had international businesses, one in Canada and one in the United States-in short, one for each of Cook's brothers and none for Cook, and you have a true recipe for family dynamics reminiscent of the Ewing family of Dallas fame.