Differing from your memory and differing from reality aren't the same thing.

Nor is it uncommon that "the stepmom doesn't like the estranged kids"

Nor is it uncommon that a deadbeat dad is an asshole.

Whether or not it's true, common sense and the available evidence certainly favor Lisa.

Jobs was a raging asshole and misanthropist famous for treating his coworkers and employees like shit -- luckally he was able to deliver, and everyone forgets that shitty behavior.

it's not crazy to think he was like at that home, too.

> treating his coworkers and employees like shit

I worked with some of them and have one as a friend on FB (we're all dying off). I was too young to get in on early Apple for a firsthand account. S.Jobs was universally known as a rageaholic, among his other qualities. This is portrayed well enough in much of the infotainment media produced about him.

"I've learned from experience that people who aggressively denounce others publicly sometimes have stuff going on that isn't readily visible."

Wolverton seems to be publicly denouncing Jobs and Powell Jobs aggressively

Powell Jobs and Jobs' sister are not publicly denouncing Brennan-Jobs aggressively

They said they have different memories

By Wolverton's account, Brennan-Jobs is not publicly denouncing Jobs aggressively

Wolverton writes that she recalls memories of Jobs not to "condemn him" but to "make peace" with Jobs and Powell Jobs

Did Jobs ever publicly denounce anyone aggressively

Did he have "stuff going on that isn't readily visible"

Who knows

What we don't know is no reason to doubt what is "readily visible", absent any evidence presented to the contrary

For example,

https://people.com/parents/all-about-steve-jobs-kids/

"But people should be cautious trusting a report of one person's disputed report."

Jobs admitted to lying about being "sterile and infertile" to avoid paying child support

Such dishonesty would make some people hesitate to trust any prior "reports" from Jobs

They might think, "If he was willing to lie about that, then what else was he willing to lie about"

That sort of caution seems justified

The evidence, i.e., dishonesty, is readily visible, it cannot be ignored

Powell Jobs and the sister might have a personal interest in questioning the accuracy of Bernnan-Jobs' memoir

Especially if the book describes what might be interpreted as abuse