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5.0 out of 5 starsYes, It Is Worth Reading and Why It Is Special Book
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2020
I woke up this morning to find that the Kindle version of Mary Trump's book about her uncle, the President, had arrived.
My husband and I had several books about Trump, which he largely read out loud to me, but since his death I have gotten rid of most of them and have not ordered more. No need to go there. We all see the truth daily and I wallow in despair about him enough.
I ordered this book and will read it because it was a chance to find some truth, written by someone who actually knows things and is trained to assess them. I hoped that it was not written as an act of revenge, at least not entirely. I needed to understand what has happened to us all and a country about which I care.
I have read the prologue and will finish the book.
I am writing to say that, while some revenge may linger around the edges, this is a book worthy of reading, written by an educated fellow traveller on our disastrous trip. We should all read it because then we can at last know and understand what has happened to us.
My husband, a psych major, and I, always curious about why people act as they do, spent hours discussing what made Trump Trump. Well, here are the answers and they are more complicated than the bits of it reported in the press can explain.
It is well written, tries to be honest, and is a fascinating study of a deeply flawed "sick" man who has changed our country for good and, sadly, bad. Most importantly it answers our collective question, How Could This Have Happened.
Mary writes from our own sad point of view, with more knowledge than we possess, and with more pain than we possess, and that is saying something.
I hope you read it.
