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The End of Normal Hardcover – October 20, 2011

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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Blue Rider Press; 1 edition (October 20, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0399158162
  • ISBN-13: 978-0399158162
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
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5.0 out of 5 starsWriting from the heart
By K. Unger on October 21, 2011
Format: Hardcover
This is a beautifully written book full of pain and love and loss. It is a very personal look at the deepest pain caused by Bernie Madoff. Of all the many people that Bernie hurt and the pain and loss that he caused, those who suffered the most were his family. He took their money and their futures (as he did with many people) but he also stole their past and their foundations. I knew Mark and never for one minute believed that he had any knowledge of his father's evil until he confessed in December 2008.
Stephanie gives voice to the agony that she and Mark went through at the hands of Bernie, as well as how the media, bloggers, and public exacerbated that pain. Mark was unable to share his story with the public and very much wanted to let the world know his truth. I had hoped that he would one day be in a place emotionally and legally to be able to tell his story. Sadly, that was not to be, but Stephanie does a fantastic job of letting the world into their private space and painting a true picture of Mark.
The book also shows the heartache and pain that suicide brings to those left behind. Stephanie does an excellent job of conveying the questions, pain, and process that suicide of a loved one brings. Her journey is sad and her loss is real, but the book also manages to be a beautiful love letter to Mark and his children.
Thanks for writing this.
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4.0 out of 5 starsPlease read the book before rushing to judgment
By Kcorn TOP 500 REVIEWER on October 22, 2011
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The former Stephanie Madoff (she changed her last name to Mack) writes poignantly in The End of Normal about the details of how Bernie Madoff not only ruined the financial lives of so many but also shattered his family's life. Tainted by the accusations that Andy and Mark, Madoff's sons, were part of the swindle, the two were shunned and judged by society - as was Stephanie.

Now Stephanie tells her side of the story - and it is a book which I picked up with reluctance and couldn't put down. Why reluctance? Because our family, while luckier than many, had a portion of our investments lost to Madoff. Just thinking about anything "Madoff related" made me feel angry.

But I'm glad I overcame my reluctance and gave this book a chance .Stephanie's writing allowed me to see another perspective. Imagine marrying a Madoff son and not having an inkling that the father was masterminding a scheme of such monstrous proportions. After all, Madoff fooled so many,including some very prominent people. As Stephanie describes it, he also kept his sons...and her...in the dark.

Imagine...how ironic and eventually how sad...actually sharing the same birthday with Bernie Madoff...as Stephanie does. Imagine living with a shattered shell of a man, Mark Madoff, the husband Stepanie once knew as happy and vibrant. Stephanie Madoff Mack brings it all to life for readers and I could see how her seemingly dream life dissolved in an instant.

Based on at least one comment on a review of this book, there are those willing to condemn anyone connected to a Madoff, including his daughters-in-law. But why? Bottom line- I did find Stephanie's account to be credible.

After all, her own stepfather lost money to Madoff and Stephanie's husband was...Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA voice that should be heard.....
By elpee on October 22, 2011
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The financial fall-out from the scam perpetrated by Bernie Madoff claimed many victims and many of their tragic stories have been heard: people's lives turned upside down, crushed and ruined, some with no hope of recovery. Bernie Madoff is in prison, but there is no retribution...no answers for those who have been hurt beyond measure. One victim, silent until now, is Stephanie Mack Madoff, the widow of Mark, Bernie's eldest son who took his own life. And if you scoff at her being a victim, then you must read her story...it's truly heartbreaking. I picked it up out of curiosity and I was blown away.

I've often wondered, (and I'll bet you have too what it must have been like to be a member of the Madoff family...this book brings it home: It is filled with intimate details of Mark and Stephanie's courtship, their marriage (including the rough patches), their daily life, Mark's devotion to his children from his first marriage and their two children together. Stephanie discusses her relationship with both Ruth and Bernie....where credit is due she gives it e.g. both Ruth and Bernie were loving grandparents.) The mind boggles! She comes across as totally sincere, totally honest, and totally devastated by the betrayal and what it did to her husband and her family. Put yourself in her place...there is no training for enduring the nightmare that her life became.

But this is also the story of her husband Mark who, because of the legalities involved, was never able to publicly stand up for himself and deny the accusations of his involvement in the debacle. Again, I urge you to read about him from Stephanie's perspective...her passion for you to know Mark as she knew him is palpable. There is also the description of the children and how they're coping with Mark's death.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsFascinating like a car wreck
By Redjones on February 17, 2015
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I found this book to be oddly fascinating the way a true crime book is fascinating. Not because it is about the Madoffs, but because it gives a glimpse inside the head of the author who represents herself to be a fully functioning adult but seems completely unaware just how undeveloped and immature she is -- like a really bad teenager. It is almost impossible to believe she wrote the stuff she was thinking and put it in a book. Everything is about her and her needs. She has little to no empathy for anyone and thinks it is appropriate and justified to lash out and dump vitriol on everyone around her. Her disgust for Bernie Madoff we could understand -- but her temper tantrums and misguided jealousy are present way before the scandal ever broke. She is adamant in being furious with and irritated by her husband's ex-wife Susan, her stepchildren, her brother-in-law, Andy, his girlfriend, Andy's ex-wife and Ruth and Bernie before Bernie's confession ever takes place. It made me feel sorry for all the people on the receiving end of her garbage. One of the most (of many) disturbing scenes of her screaming diatribes comes after her husband's suicide when she calls Susan (Mark's ex-wife) and berates her for having Ruth (Mark's mom) at her house to comfort her (and Mark's) children who have just lost their father. What?

I don't understand the people who think this is a beautiful love story or a story about redemption or anything positive. This book doesn't have anything to do with love.
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