For the Love of Money: A Memoir of Family, Addiction, and a Wall Street Trader's Journey to Redefine Success

At just thirty years old, Sam Polk was a senior trader for one of the biggest hedge funds on Wall Street. But beneath his success lay a dark history of addiction and violence, which stemmed from a difficult childhood and challenging relationship with his narcissistic, emotionally unavailable father. This is the story of one man's journey to heal the wounds from his past in order to free himself to pursue his life's purpose. Raw, vivid, and immensely readable, For the Love of Money is a searing exploration of the connection between childhood trauma and ambition, an exquisite portrait of a father-son relationship, and a meditation on the consequences of a culture that celebrates the accumulation of wealth.