My Grandfather's Son Author:Clarence Thomas Provocative, inspiring and unflinchingly honest. It's the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words. — Thomas was born i rural Georgia into a life marked by poverty and hunger. His parents divorced when Thomas was still a baby leaving his young mother to rai... more »se him and his siblings on the $10.00 a week she earned as a maid.. At age 7, Thomas and his 6 year old brother wre sent to live with his monther's father, Myers Anderson, and her stepmother in their Savannah home. It was a move that would forever change Thomas's life.« less