— A Memoir by Boyd Hamilton MacDonald
Too Much Ice
in My Ice Water
Sometimes surviving childhood is the real adventure.
— The Book
From privilege to chaos, and back again
Boyd MacDonald never quite fit the mold. A daydreamer, a misfit, and a kid who couldn’t seem to stay out of trouble, he grew up in a world that swung wildly from privilege to chaos. When his father’s unraveling shatters the family’s life of wealth, Boyd is left to navigate strict teachers, brutal setbacks, and a reality far harsher than the one in his head.
Told with sharp humor and unflinching honesty, Too Much Ice in My Ice Water follows Boyd’s unlikely path from struggling student to resilient leader. Through failures, false accusations, and hard-won victories, he learns to stand his ground, find his strengths, and build a life on his own terms.
A candid, often funny memoir about falling down, getting back up—and refusing to stay defined by where he started.
— From the Pages
His Mother
My mother, an incredible strength, both admired and feared by many. She realized growing up that she would need a career that would allow her to be self-sufficient, even though growing up in her culture, the woman stayed home while the man earned the money.
I was just a child, along for the ride on her precarious journey. Born from a marriage that should not have happened, she took good care of us. But as smart as she was, she hadn’t taken the class on how to raise two children alone, certainly not these two.
— In Pictures
A Life in Photographs
Moments from a Bay Area childhood, and the people who lived it.
