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Truth And Consequences: Life Inside The Madoff Family (2011)

by Laurie Sandell(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0316198935 (ISBN13: 9780316198936)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

review 1: This is what happens when people are well-connected, but not quite well connected enough to get the real story. Although Laurie Sandell did get access to Ruth and Andrew Madoff (a coup to be sure) - this book is a surface-level only visit inside the Madoff machine.Lacking in virtually any numbers or factoids, the real gems of the book are the photographs. We see a family just like any East Coast family - in hazy shots going back to Ruth and Bernie's youth. I'll give my kudos to the author for getting access to these personal shots.There is so little substance in the book it just seemed to take forever to read, nor could I remember the title the entire time I spent reading the words and not looking at the pictures. I am ready for a meatier look inside the horrific finan... morecial fail Madoff represents in world history.While I was reading the book Andrew Madoff, the surviving son after Mark's suicide, lost his life to lymphoma, a cause he supported after first falling ill over a decade ago. A sad family indeed.
review 2: This is a book about Catherine Hooper (the girlfriend of Bernard Madoff's son Andrew), her incredible brilliance, resourcefulness, and all around "fabulousness". The narrator reads the story with the breathiness appropriate for a romance novel when talking anything Catherine. Her tone changes to one of utter disgust whenever discussing Mark (Bernard Madoff's other son who committed suicide) or Mark's widow Stephanie. I guess the narrator was directed to do so because Catherine's doesn't like them (?) but it is very disconcerting. Do not buy this book if you are looking for insight into the Madoff scandal or the Madoff family (as I was). I stuck with the book to the end hoping to find a bit, but it provides none whatsoever. On the other hand if you are interested in learning about how wonderful Catherine Hooper is, this is the book for you. less

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