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A review by raingirlpdx
Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell
2.0
This is what happens when people are well-connected, but not quite well connected enough to get the real story. Although Laurie Sandell did get access to Ruth and Andrew Madoff (a coup to be sure) - this book is a surface-level only visit inside the Madoff machine.
Lacking in virtually any numbers or factoids, the real gems of the book are the photographs. We see a family just like any East Coast family - in hazy shots going back to Ruth and Bernie's youth. I'll give my kudos to the author for getting access to these personal shots.
There is so little substance in the book it just seemed to take forever to read, nor could I remember the title the entire time I spent reading the words and not looking at the pictures. I am ready for a meatier look inside the horrific financial fail Madoff represents in world history.
While I was reading the book Andrew Madoff, the surviving son after Mark's suicide, lost his life to lymphoma, a cause he supported after first falling ill over a decade ago. A sad family indeed.
Lacking in virtually any numbers or factoids, the real gems of the book are the photographs. We see a family just like any East Coast family - in hazy shots going back to Ruth and Bernie's youth. I'll give my kudos to the author for getting access to these personal shots.
There is so little substance in the book it just seemed to take forever to read, nor could I remember the title the entire time I spent reading the words and not looking at the pictures. I am ready for a meatier look inside the horrific financial fail Madoff represents in world history.
While I was reading the book Andrew Madoff, the surviving son after Mark's suicide, lost his life to lymphoma, a cause he supported after first falling ill over a decade ago. A sad family indeed.