Monica's Story [Import] [Hardcover]

Andrew Morton (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Limited; First Edition edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1854794264
• ISBN-13: 978-1854794260
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (78 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,580,242 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sheds a different light on the whole scandal, February 25, 2002

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J. E. Nelson (Plainfield, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monica's Story (Hardcover)

This is the infamous book on Monica Lewinsky, the President's mistress.

While the reason that I picked up this book was because I didn't have anything else handy to read, I surprisingly found the book a fascinating read. The book does not cover the scandal as much as the people behind the scandal. The book portrays Ms. Lewinsky as a lost young woman who happened to fall in love with a married man, who happened to be the president. Ms. Lewinsky portrays President Clinton not as the womanizer Judge Starr and the media portrayed him as, but as a man, who had a poor marriage and was lonely. Judge Starr was portrayed not as the man looking for truth and justice as I though he was, but as a cold, thoughtless person only looking after his own personal, political agenda.

The only downfall to the book is that everyone knows how the story ends. However, I became so engrossed in the book because it focused on the people of the scandal, not the scandal itself. It changed how I thought about the major players in the whole affair.

While I found the book fascinating, the book is not for everyone. The story is yesterday's news, and many people would rather the whole thing just went away. However, if you want to see the scandal from a point of view other than the mass media's, I would highly recommend this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing look at this puzzle from another perspective., March 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Monica's Story (Hardcover)

Not well-written, but a very interesting account of the whole Monica/Bill/Ken Starr story. I needed to hear her version and learn more about what went into the making of a young woman who could dare such a dangerous and foolish liaison. She also provides interesting insights into Bill Clinton, though we see him through her filters of course. I tend to believe much of what she says about their relationship, that it was more than sexual and that they felt like soul-mates, irresistably drawn to each other (as opposed to mere dalliance). What she didn't understand was that she would always be on the losing end. It is sad to hear her recount the many nights and weekends she sat by the phone, putting her own life on hold, in the hope that he would call. It's the classic scenario for the unmarried woman in love with a married and very busy man. She lived for the crumbs because they were so delicious, but they weren't enough to nourish and sustain her; you can't make a life out of crumbs.

The whole business with Ken Starr's staff is truly frightening and I wanted to hear the details in her own voice. Until I read this account, I hadn't fully understood the depth of the fear that she and her entire family lived in as a result of the investigation and intimidation by the FBI and the Office of Special Prosecutor (OSP). She was a pawn in the Right Wing/Ken Starr's vendetta against the President.

In a moral sense, nothing that Monica did justified the treatment she received by the OSP, the FBI, and the destruction of her life and her family's by the media. She had been unthinking, and possibly uncaring, about the hurt she was potentially causing Clinton's wife and daughter, foolish in talking about the relationship with others, and certainly out of touch with reality, and petulant at times, in her demands upon the President. Monica made mistakes, big ones, but she is not alone. What really bothers me is the way so many people have used the media to judge, dissect and ridicule this young woman and her family. At times like these, we come across as a mean-spirited and hypocritical society. I am grateful that the general public opinion realized that what happened between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky was basically a private matter and, while it was wrong, was not the major offense against the nation Congress tried to make it.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Light & Easy to Read, April 19, 2002

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John G. Hilliard (Toronto Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monica's Story (Mass Market Paperback)

Reading this book almost made me feel as if I was looking through a tabloid. To be honest I really only scanned the parts where she was with Clinton and the treatment she received by the FBI and her "friend" Linda. We all know the sorted details; the one part I do not think we all have a good view of is the treatment the FBI dished out. Do I want them to act this way with a terrorist or a Mafia Don - ok, but come on, with this young lady and her mother? I felt it was a bit over the top and an abuse of power. Also the trustworthiness of Linda should be called in question based on the stunts she pulled her. She was looking for the fast track to fame.

Overall this is an interesting, gossipy book that gives a different view of the situation then you may have received just watching the nightly news. The book is light and fast making it a very easy to read book.