Monica's Story : Book

This Mass Market Paperback Book item from St. Martin´s Paperbacks was reviewed on 15-Oct-2008.

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1) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. I initially purchased this book because I have been following Bill Clinton´s presidency and career for many years. I expected to discover new things about him and to maybe get an insight about this affair. I think Monica would have done a better job writing this book in her own voice and explaining the emotions, thoughts and reason which led her to this affair. As for Clinton, he came out of this thing better than I thought. I wasn´t at all surprised by the conversations and relationship experiences that I read. The only thing I was amazed at was how he managed to keep functioning in the midst of this stormy relationship and the all afterward in which he tried to help her find a job. I think in the end I felt sorry for both of them for not thinking twice before they jumped into a whirlwind affair that would inflict so many wounds on both of them, especially her.¤

2) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. good book it kept my attention, was looking for more detail but all in all it was a good book...¤

3) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Monica Samille Lewinsky appears to be either incredibly naive or incredibly childish. This book is not a page turner. If you are interested in her camps´ POV... then you may like this book. The author says her "disorderly routine and her neurotic behavior over weight perfectly explain why she never cleaned the notorious blue Gap dress that was stained with the President´s semen" (page 11).

She is characterized as very naive. She documented every little detail as if it was major, which appears that she had a motive for the future use of this information. It gave me thoughts that she was contemplating possible blackmail, book deals, and/or movie deals.

Yet again... she was either incredibly smart, naive, or silly.¤

4) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. This book was quite dumb, and all that it does is emphasize how dumb people can be. If you´re a Republican right-winger who´s more interested in a president´s, a man´s, sexcapades than what he does with the economy, then read on by all means. This mindless book was made for you.¤

5) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Any woman in her early twenties, who has ever fallen in love with a man who is married and forbidden by conventional ethical and professional standards, will find empathy in this book.

Whatever side of truth or political scenario this book attempts to portray, I primarily read it as a romance and enjoyed it more than ever. The book´s appeal lies in the dynamics of the affair between the young intern and the president, rather than any political truth-finding. Maybe, there are too many ´truths´ out there, and who are we to judge which one is true. This is Monica´s version, so why quibble about absolute realities?

The book certainly does a good job of revealing her a human figure rather than a man-hunting slut responsible for the impreachment of Clinton.

Why marvel Marie Antoinette and Josephine, and not Monica? I admire Monica Lewinsky as a person who enjoys poetry, loves life, watches her weight, experiments with men, and most of all braves what the world thinks of her. I really think people ought to stop thinking of her as a sex symbol.

Behind the headlines, there was one fascinating woman. This is her story.

Monica Lewinsky. You know her name, you know her face, and you think you know her story: the pretty young intern who began an illicit affair with the President of the United States-- a liaison that ignited an unprecedented political scandal and found Bill Clinton as the second U.S. president to ever be impeached. But there is much more to the Monica Lewinsky story than just that. Now, Andrew Morton, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, Diana: Her True Story, takes you beyond the headlines and the sound bites to discover the real Monica Lewinsky, a woman as interesting, intelligent, and misunderstood as they come.

Read Monica´s Story and you´ll discover:

* How a difficult childhood shaped Monica´s tumultuous adult romances
* Her relationship with Bill Clinton: how she saw a side to him few know-- and why she sometimes still misses her "Handsome"
* The betrayal by Linda Tripp-- and how Monica´s trusting nature snared her in Tripp´s treacherous web
* The horror of Kenneth Starr´s exhaustive and intrusive inquiry-- how it affected her and her family, and how it still haunts her
* Where Monica will go from here: What are her career plans? Will she realize her dream of marrying and starting a family in the wake of the scandal?
* And much, much more

With sixteen pages of photos.

7) Mass Market Paperback Book Monica's Story by St. Martin´s Paperbacks. Though it´s a legal document, the Starr Report, published in late 1998, reads like a racy novel about the most powerful man in the world, President Bill Clinton, and a young intern, Monica Lewinsky, who´s portrayed as a spoiled Beverly Hills brat performing oral sex on the president while he talked to colleagues on the telephone.

Andrew Morton, the author of Diana: Her True Story, spent several months interviewing Lewinsky after the scandal broke; the result is Monica´s Story, which asserts that the picture the Starr Report paints of Lewinsky is totally incorrect. Morton believes she and the president had an emotional, mutually satisfying relationship, which, if circumstances had been different, would probably have remained secret. Although he covers much of the same territory as the Starr Report, he adds details of conversations Lewinsky and Clinton had in an attempt to show the depth of the relationship. In chapters with titles like "Grunge, Granola, and Andy" and "Terror in Room 1012," he paints a portrait of a "child-woman" who is sexually liberated but also intelligent, loving, and well mannered. "[She] could be anybody´s sister," he insists, "anybody´s daughter."

The book is most interesting, however, in its descriptions of the political intrigue, lies, and deception resulting from Kenneth Starr´s investigation. Leading the evil band is Linda Tripp, described as a black-hearted, shameless manipulator who betrayed Lewinsky and spurred the scandal for her own personal gain (she was planning to write a book about Clinton). He also examines the media´s hatred for Lewinsky--particularly that of women writers who became obsessed with her weight and body shape. "Just as the O.J. Simpson trial exposed the racial fault line running through American society," he argues, "so the Monica Lewinsky saga has spotlighted the underlying misogyny that still permeates American life." Monica´s Story is gripping stuff--porn, fantasy, farce, political commentary, and tragedy all rolled into one. --Dale Kneen, Amazon.co.uk¤

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