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The End of Normal
This book can be summarized in one word: Ugh.I really wanted to like it, and hear about her struggle and how she is building herself up from such a tragedy. I did read it in one day. Here is a summary:Hi! My name is Stephanie Madoff Mack. I had to change my name to Mack because I was so ashamed to be named "Madoff" but if it sells books, I'll tack it back on.I wasn't raised with a golden spoon in my mouth (unlike my husband)! Honest!I worked at George magazine. And I worked at a fashion designer that gave me free clothes to wear while I dated my husband. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.We fell in love and fought all the time because he wouldn't commit to me. So we yelled a lot and then I guilt tripped him into marrying me. I didn't care about pretty dresses and things, but look at the cover of my book--it's a shot of me in my wedding gown, with my husband cut off on the side of the picture.We had 2 kids together, but he liked his kids from his previous marriage better. And the son from his first marriage is a gold digger. And his ex wife is a meddler and is mean to me.His parents were very nice, except I don't recall one nice thing they did, I only bring up every time they said something mean. And they weren't excited about my son being born. And they are the reason my husband is dead.My husband knew nothing about what his father was doing. When the story broke, we yelled at each other all the time again. Once my accounts were frozen while I was shopping and my husband had to bring me hundreds of dollars in cash to pay for my purchases (oh poor me! How embarrassing!) People were mean to me and made mean phone calls. My brother-in-law has a mean girlfriend and he is mean to me too.Then Mark tried to kill himself, but I really thought he was better, so I left him alone with my son while I took our daughter to Disneyworld and spent tons of money. And then he killed himself. And I'm mad that my babysitter took the baby (I left with my husband who was mentally unstable) to his ex-wife's house to tell her and her children (My husband's kids) the news before she brought the baby back to our other house in Nantucket where I hadn't shown up yet. That's mean.And my brother-in-law and his girlfriend are writing a book too. I'm sure it will say mean things.And I'm trying to get my life back together, and it's a struggle, because everyone is mean to me. And I still appear to be doing alright for myself (even though I had to give back that diamond necklace my mother-in-law sent me) because I am still living in New York City (not in a dump, like my mother-in-law had to look at) and I don't have a job. I am still "in school". But I bet this book will help the old wallet.Like I said. Ugh.
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