Monica's Story

by Andrew Morton

Recounts how an improper relationship and broken confidences led to threats of jail, public humiliation, and prejudgement in the media

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Politics, History, Biography Memoir, Memoir, Feminism

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Andrew David Morton (born 1953) is one of the world's best-known biographers and a leading authority on modern celebrity. His groundbreaking biography Diana: Her True Story was a #1 New York Times bestseller, as was Monica's Story, an authorized biography of Monica Lewinsky, and Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography. The winner of numerous awards, including Author of the Year, his other New York Times bestsellers include unauthorized biographies of Madonna and Angelina Jolie, as well as William & Catherine: Their Story. A former British Fleet Street tabloid journalist,he studied history at the University of Sussex. He lives in London.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/andrew...

Reviews

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Clinton Impeachment Scandal was the first time I remember watching the news and actually paying attention. Dan Rather told me what a blowjob was on the CBS Evening News. I was 11 or 12 years old and had never heard of a blowjob. I didn't know what "real" sex was let alone was oral sex was. Because of President Bill Clinton I learned alot about sex. And at the time as a innocent little catholic school girl I thought it was cool! They were talking about dirty stuff on tv...and my parents let me watch it.

Looking back it now seems ridiculous that a President could be Impeached for being a scumbag when I'm sure the Clinton Administration was doing all kind of things that were actually impeachable offenses. But politics is politics and sex has always and will always sale. Power men will abuse their power and the only people who will suffer will be the little people.

Monica Lewinsky has in the 20+ years since her life exploded found a way to make lemons into lemonade. Shes a writer, a producer, a public speaker and an anti bullying activist. Because if anyone knows about being bullied its Monica Lewinsky. While reading this book I looked up various interviews with Monica and with Bill Clinton. First of all Bill Clinton is rarely asked about Monica Lewinsky but when he is he ALWAYS bungles it. Bill Clinton does not and will never feel bad for what happened to Monica Lewinsky. Hes asked repeatedly if he owes Monica an apology or if he's given Monica an apology but I'm of the belief that he shouldn't apologize because I know and you know that he doesn't mean it.

Monica Lewinsky was 22 years old when she had an affair with the most powerful man on the planet. And she lied about the affair. That's all she did. She didn't kill anyone, she didn't steal money from anyone. She made a dumb mistake that people make all the time, she trusted the wrong people. What she did may have been "morally" wrong but morals are subjective and ever changing. Monica Lewinsky is a stronger person than me because I don't think I could have withstood the harassment she endured.

While journalists often ask Bill Clinton to apologize to Monica, I never see any of them apologizing. The media ripped her life apart with glee. If anyone owes Monica an apology it's the media....And Corporate Feminists owe Monica an apology as well. Corporate Feminists who are not in my opinion real Feminist chose power over their alleged feminist values. They chose Hillary Clinton over Monica Lewinsky when if they were really interested in raising up women they would have known that you dont need pit women against each other you can support both Hillary and Monica. Unless of course you really just wanted to stay on the good side of the politically powerful.

I hope Monica Lewinsky one day writes her own autobiography, because I would love to hear what a nearly 50 year old Monica thinks of everything that she's experienced. I did watch her TEDTALK and her interview with John Oliver which are both great but I think a book would really dig deeper into the truly awful way women are treated in the media and in politics.

I don't think I'd necessarily recommend this book to everyone but I did come to truly like Monica Lewinsky as an actual human being and it was a chilling reminder that despite #METOO and Times Up nothing has changed over in the 20+ years since Monica Lewinsky forgot to dry clean a certain blue dress.

P.S. Ken Starr is an actual minion of Satan and I hope Linda Tripp is burning in hell.

[Hava · Rating 1 out of 5]

Monica’s Story by Andrew Morton was an absolute mess of a book. I started reading the book with the following in mind:

1) I liked President Clinton for his economic policies (I’m going to review Alan Greenspan’s book, Age of Turbulence in a little while and I’ll make sure to tell you then what Alan said about Clinton’s track record on economics, but suffice it to say that he did a good job in that respect.) I didn’t like the fact that he seemed to chase after every woman in a skirt.

2) I didn’t like Monica Lewinsky. After all, when the whole thing was happening, there really wasn’t much that would have inspired me to go, “Wow, what a neat lady!” but instead, rather the opposite. Even ardent Clinton supporters weren’t cheering Monica on, but rather saying that if he had an affair, it wasn’t the nation’s business.

3) I expected this book to be unbiased, or at least not blatantly leaning one way or the other. This is not Monica having someone ghostwrite her story for her - it’s written by Andrew Morton, and as he made sure to point out in the beginning, Monica had only the power to do fact checking, and nothing else. She couldn’t change something he said, as long as it was true, no matter how unflattering of a light it cast on her. I took this to mean he would be unbiased. Crazy me, I know.

4) I expected to learn to like Monica, because after all, this book was about her and what happened in her life. Once you “walk a mile in someone else’s shoes” (or at least watch them walk that mile, lol!) you start to appreciate better what they went through, and you gain greater sympathy for them. I expected to learn things about Monica that I didn’t know before, and end up having a higher opinion of her than I did to start with.

5) I expected the book to cover the whole situation thoroughly and give me the background to understand what was going on. I was in high school when the scandal broke, and I didn’t have the time or the inclination to pay much attention. All I knew was that there was an intern messing around with the president, some Starr guy was in there somehow, and there was a blue dress with semen on it. Oh, and Clinton said his infamous line, “That depends on what the definition of ‘is’ is.” That was all I knew before starting this book. I expected to have the gaps filled in, and then some.

Pretty much every one of my preconceived notions got blown to smithereens.

I will say that my view on Clinton’s economic policies didn’t change (since that wasn’t even mentioned in this book), and I saw nothing to change my mind on the fact that he chased every woman in a skirt. My opinion of him (already low) sank lower as I read what happened. Is it possible to have negative respect for someone?

But the idea that the author would pretend to be unbiased is utterly laughable. He didn’t even try. Although he stopped short of calling Linda Tripp the devil incarnate, he came pretty darn close. Here’s a quotation that really made my eyebrows raise:

[Tripp], who emerges as the wicked witch in this tragic fairy story, constantly dangled the rosy-skinned apple of romance in front of a trusting and gullible Monica Lewinsky.

~Page 96, Monica’s Story

Wow. So Monica was an innocent Snow White, Linda Tripp was the wicked witch, and what, Bill Clinton was the prince?

Gag me with a spoon.

Even with Mr. Morton’s strenuous efforts to make Monica out into the good guy in this story (a story that quite frankly I don’t think has a good guy) Monica still ended up completely unlikable. She never once says that she’s sorry she had an affair with President Clinton. Not once. She does say a couple of times that she was sorry she got caught, but to me that’s almost worse.

The more I learned about her in the book, the more I was unsurprised at that lack of regret. She actually had an affair with a married man before she ever met Pres. Clinton - a five-year affair that was an on-again, off-again tumultuous mess that I felt dirty even reading about.

She met Andy Bleiler when he was engaged to someone else, but Monica and Andy still dated for two years. In the meanwhile, he gets married, and his wife gets pregnant. When the wife is 3 - 4 months pregnant, Monica finally sleeps with Andy for the first time, at age 19. She eventually becomes good friends with the wife (kid you not!) and even babysits the children so the husband and wife can go out on dates together! She buys the children Christmas presents and is considered “one of the family” even as she’s secretly boinking the husband. Monica at one point breaks up with Andy because she was angry - he dared to cheat on her with another girlfriend, something he did more than once. Could it get more ironic than that?

Monica spends most of her time in this book crying. I should go back through and highlight every time Monica spends the weekend crying, sobbing, or self-medicating by eating herself into oblivion. I think the tally would shock you. She is not emotionally stable and I wanted to just shake her by her shoulders and say, “What on this green earth are you doing?! How can you be so smart yet be so incredibly stupid at the same time?” After all, she was a very smart cookie, when it came to book smarts. But she was as dumb as rocks when it came to men.

As of the writing of this book in 1999, she’d had two serious relationships in her life - both with married men. I’m hoping that track record has improved since then, but I don’t care enough to find out.

Then you’ve got the one thing you would think would be a no-brainer: Cover the situation well so that the reader knows what’s happening. Even this didn’t happen.

Mr. Morton would say things like, “Which led to the famous cigar incidence” or “Which brought about the famous news conference,” and then not explain what famous news conference, or what famous cigar incident (although I eventually pieced that one together. ;-))

I was completely lost. Even if I had paid attention at the time, I wouldn’t remember it 10+ years after the fact. It was as if the writer sat down with the idea in his mind that all of his readers had read and memorized the Starr Report, plus read all of the large newspapers’ coverage of the shenanigan, and would be able to remember the smallest details about what happened. His goal was to provide Monica’s point of view, and nothing else, and that’s exactly what he did.

I didn’t even finish the book. I felt like I had read 136 pages of tabloid magazine crap, and that was more than enough. There was no way I was going to be able to make it through another 143 pages of this junk. It made me feel dirty, as if I had just indulged myself in a two-day marathon of horrid, catty, nasty gossiping. I felt like I needed a shower when I put it down.

I give this one 1 out of 5 stars. I wouldn’t wish this book on anyone. If you’ve made it your life goal to learn everything you can about Monica Lewinsky, I guess you could read it, but I’d suggest finding a new life goal instead - something actually worth obtaining.

Havs

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never could understand why an entire country could lose its shit over a couple of consensual blowjobs. It's mind boggling when you consider the millions of dollars expended to prosecute an act that wouldn't raise an eyebrow if it had been performed in a hotel room or in a private residence. Now I'm no Clinton fan, but in the spirit of fairness I can't imagine that his ability to perform as President would be hampered by a little slap and tickle in the Presidential water closet, except insofar as that performance was hampered by the persecution of prosecutors.

I can't find it in me to judge the principals too harshly: you have an intern over-awed by her proximity to a man who is arguably the most powerful man in the world. He is handsome and friendly and more than happy to accept her oral ministrations. She is eager to provide what he is happy to receive. Of course, it is never enough. Monica started to delude herself into thinking that she was in line to be Mrs Clinton. She became emotional and demanding. Still, things might have worked out except for one thing: she had a big mouth! The same orifice that started the affair made matters worse when she started to tell people that she had earned her presidential kneepads, so to speak. She soon found out that there is no such thing as a secret and ,thanks to Linda Tripp, Monica was thrown under the bus. Two people can keep a secret, but only if one of them is dead.

I actually developed a fondness for Monica while reading this book. She could have taken the easy way out, claimed that she was sexually harassed or preyed upon. No one would have doubted her, due to Bill's previous philandering ways. She stuck to her guns as she still had feelings for Slick Willy. That amounts to almost self-destructive honesty.

Mr Morton has done a good job with this book, although he is obviously in Monica's camp. Her previous dalliances are also brought to the fore, but as kindly as possible. Understandable since he needed her cooperation and that of her family members in order to write the book.

The principals in this case seem not to have suffered terribly after all the noise and fury. Clinton remains wealthy and untouchable while Monica seems to be doing OK, parlaying the scandal into a few million dollars. I wish her well, although she could have saved a lot of grief by keeping her mouth shut. The mouth is the front gate to all misfortune.

[W · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was the summer of 1998,the biggest news story in the world was President Clinton's affair with White House intern,Monica Lewinsky.

It was all over CNN,Time magazine couldn't get enough of it and nor could the papers.Andrew Morton,who had already written Diana,Her True Story,now wrote a similar book on Monica Lewinsky,giving her side of the story.

Life must have been very difficult for Lewinsky,to be the focus of so much unwanted attention.And then she was investigated by Ken Starr.Clinton got impeached.

He made some very interesting statements,including one about what the meaning of the word "is",is.But despite it all,he survived as president,and it didn't seem to affect him all that much.

Lewinsky told a woman called Linda Tripp,and the rest is history.

It's been years since I read this book,but it didn't really leave much of an impact.Other media reports were more interesting.

[Teena · Rating 4 out of 5]

Back in 1999 (or was it 1998?) when this scandal first broke, I was only mildly interested in the Monica Lewinsky/Bill Clinton affair. The fact that Monica was sexually interested in a man of 50 while she was merely a couple of years younger than myself, put me off. I just couldn't wrap my brain around WHY she'd be interested in him. I held them both accountable, but in the back of my mind, I always felt there was no "real" sex and from my perspective, that made it a non-issue.

Fast forward to 2013, I'm 42 years old and have seen a bit more of the world than I had when I was 27 or 28. Now that I've read this book, I feel a bit more scorn for Bill Clinton. Yes, they were both adults, but he was 50. He should have known better than to get so emotionally involved with someone so young. Had this been a purely sexual tryst, I may have had less sympathy for Monica. After all, two adults who want to have sex generally understand that a relationship doesn't always follow, especially if one of the parties is married. In this situation,Bill Clinton continued a very emotional affair with Monica. This is just the type of situation that leaves a person feeling that they're in love. The clear boundary of a sexual arrangement of convenience was NOT there.

I'm sure the lawyer in Bill Clinton rationalized that his lack of penetration (at least with something other than an inanimate object) kept him off the hook for a true "affair", but interestingly, he ended up with was a woman who bonded with him through his deep conversations, sexual interest and smarmy compliments.

Monica Lewinsky loved Bill Clinton. I'm not one for mushy love stories, but love happens. In this case, I believe that this 50 year old man KNEW that her love was inevitable and he enjoyed attention and self-esteem boost it provided him without a thought to where she would be left once he tired of it.

Great book, but it left me feeling sad for Monica because of her true love lost and perhaps even more sad for Bill Clinton because he showed himself to be someone truly lacking love in his marriage.

....and that Linda Tripp....UGH....what a sad excuse for a human being.

[Christie Maliyackel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this 25 years after the Clinton Lewinsky scandal “all went down” is really eye-opening and demonstrates how much has changed in our society. The way Monica was treated - by the villainous Kenneth Starr, the President himself, the media, the American public - is painful to read about now, and it would never fly today. She was a victim, in so many regards, and Bill Clinton just got away scot-free (minus the impeachment, which pales in comparison to everything she had to go through). I’m glad she had a chance to tell her story in her own words, but I’m still so sad for her and what came of her promising life (i.e. years of isolation, fear, etc.), looking back in retrospect. Happy she seems to be experiencing a revival as of late, however.

[Roberta · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't follow this story but I always felt bad for what Monica went through. I picked this book up at a thrift store (and am happy I didn't pay more than a thrift price for it.) I expected it to give a little insight on how poor Monica had ended up in such a terrible place and it such a public view of it as it unfolded; after all, the dust jacket says, the real Monica Lewinsky, a woman as interesting, intelligent, and misunderstood as they come."
I no longer feel one little bit bad for "poor Monica." Oh my goodness. Try as he may, biographer Andrew Morton sets out to prove to people the errors of their preconceived image of "poor Monica." I mean... He wants to show us that she's really not the little spoiled, pushy, slut that she's been painted as. NO...instead he wants to paint her as a very deep and complex person. Really???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Andrew Morton fails miserably in proving she's not a little spoiled, pushy, slut. I personally didn't have that opinion because I didn't follow the story. I have that opinion now. Let see...what's the worst thing that could happen when you combine a spoiled little pushy slut with a womanizing, raping, hound dog? Hmmm. WHAT could go wrong!!!????
This is not about an affair...this is about a little slut servicing the president of the United States at his beckon call.
Morton has a very forgiving interpretation of her behavior. Wah Wah...little Beverly Hills Monica didn't get invited to Tori Spellings birthday party...everyone in the class got invited but Monica..wah wah. Monica had a five year affair with a married man before servicing the President of the United states. Two married men??? There is the true character and integrity of Monica. During her time of servicing the President she did get pregnant by yet another guy and had an abortion. I'm surprised the book talked about that fact that she was "not emotionally prepared for the experience." "It was horrible and very depressing." she had to undergo counseling because of it. It caused her trama. She talks about putting herself through "the emotional and physical pain of the abortion." Those things are not usually talked about with regards to abortion...they like for it to sound very clean and easy.
Early in the book she is described as a strong willed child. During the book she chases the President relentlessly and delusionally pretends they have something special.
This behavior is mind boggling. Yep...what's the worst that could happen.....
I'm not finished with the book. It has been put on my bedside table as I like to read it when I go to bed. It's a great cure for insomnia.
Update - it's official...I can't stand to read any more of this trash. How sickening is what I've learned about Monica's behavior: I actually felt bad for her before starting this book. And how sickening and pathetic is Bill Clinton. I usually donate books when I finish reading them but this isn't worthy to donate. It's only worthy to use as a fire starter and hope it doesn't stink up the neighborhood as it burns.

[Patti · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book made me realize how judgmental people can be...(Me being one of them). I had a certain opinion of Ms. Lewinsky which was quite uncharitable. After reading Mr. Morton's version of the events, I realized the public was once again duped by the political machine. Granted, she made a mistake (haven't we all?); she was young, impressionable and understandably flattered with the attention of Clinton. I think what Linda Tripp did was more disgusting and reprehensible. She cold-heartedly violated confidences under the guise of friendship...for self-serving purposes. Clinton was not the first president to have affairs but Kenneth Starr was bound and determined to destroy him no matter who he ruined in the process.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't know much about Monica but this book confirmed that she is insane. She is one of those people who is very smart intellectually but doesn't have a clue about anything else. She chased after the President, she seduced him and was in love with him the whole time. She seriously thought they could keep up that kind of relationship. And it ruined her entire family emotionally and financially.

[Miss Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this book. I really empathize with Monica. Everyone thinks Bill Clinton is Mister Wonderful, meanwhile Monica is treated like a pariah and this scandal still affects her. I enjoyed reading her side of the story. She was a young, she made a mistake, and learned from it. She didn't deserve the crap she got.

[Kimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was actually a really good book. You won't be so judgemental about her after reading it. You will feel empathetic. I picked it up at the dollar store when I had nothing to read, and I couldn't put it down!

[Janet Santos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another example of abuse power with our government. No excuses for the affair that she allowed, but what they did to her was like a kitten being thrown into a lions cage! She has my sympathy.....whether she want it or not! She showed great humbleness and bravery. Bless her and her family!

[Silvia Abreu · Rating 5 out of 5]

A view you never considered. Good read...makes her vulnerably human.

[Debra B · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars

[Heather · Rating 1 out of 5]

Biographer Andrew Morton set out to prove to people with a preconceived image of Monica Lewinsky as spoiled, pushy and slutty that she is actually a deep and complex person led astray by her heart and victimized by a treacherous friend, corrupt legal system and merciless media machine. My experience was the opposite: I began the book knowing few details about Monica and predisposed to give her the benefit of the doubt, yet found as I read that it was very difficult to like the shallow, whiny, self-destructive and self-entitled character that emerged despite Morton's forgiving interpretations of her behavior.
Form as well as content contributed to my dissatisfaction with this book: Morton inserts far too much of his own voice for my taste, judging each player as good or evil in a very repetitive and overdone way. I started this book by reading the sample pages on Amazon.com's "look inside" feature, which were some of the most interesting sections -- the moment when Linda Tripp's betrayal becomes apparent, Monica's first attentions from the president -- and decided to read the rest. As it turned out, those were the only interesting sections in a book bogged down by boring detail and repetitive editorializing. The sneak peak is all you need to bother with on this one.

[Joy H. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Added 11/24/11.

November 2011: I listened to the audio version of this book, _Monica's Story_ by Andrew Morton, published in 1999 after the affair between Monica Lewinsky and President Clinton, an affair which was in the news in the latter part of the 1990s. The book presents a sympathetic picture of the traumatic experience Monica went through during that time. Although over ten years have passed, the story is still a gripping one, especially interesting because time has given it a different perspective. I was left with the feeling that what the prosecutors and others did at the time, was worse than what Monica did.

[Tami · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't set out to like this book. I was curious, and I didn't buy it myself (thanks Deanna!) so I gave it a chance. I'm not sure what to believe, or what the truth is in the whole affair, but Monica was very clearly in love with Bill, and it was a very sad story. Although at times she seems very mature, and handles the situation as best as possible, I wonder if she looks back and can't believe what she's done. It also makes me feel bad that she was humiliated in front of millions.... Did she deserve it? Probably some of it. It just made me sad though.

[Smschade · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book with the hope of improving my opinion of ML. That didn't happen though. A True Hollywood Story could have revealed the juicy details in less time than it took to read the book. She made some bad choices and seemed to blame them all on weight issues and insecurities with men. I kept waiting for the chapter when she would start yelling "I won't be ignored, DAN!" This book brought history and Fatal Attraction together. I am not a Clinton fan, not a Monica fan and not a big fan of this book.

[Jennifer England · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well I was inspired to get this book and read it by a program my boyfriend had on TV one day. I am so not a political person. For some reason I felt I must read this. My heart goes out to Monica. I know this is old news and I didn't follow this when it happened because I am not into watching the news. I focus on what is in my bubble and my bubble is not that big! I would recommend reading this for the mere fact that it is terrible what the government, judicial system and the press can inhumanly do to a person.

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just couldn't finish this book. I wanted to feel sorry for Miss Lewinsky. I wanted to understand. Reading what I did, it's pretty clear that her maturity was seriously stunted.

Also,, her other affair was also with a married man & she became the wife's friend. I just can't grasp the lack of respect there.

Ultimately, this book shall not get any more of my attention.

[Tree · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really thought I'd enjoy this book but found it utterly boring. I only made it half way through the book. I will give it an extra star for educating me that Tori Spelling was stuck up in school, as she didn't want to invite Monica (her classmate) to her birthday party.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shes an idiot, plain and simple. I feel for her, but it all comes down to her extremely low self esteem and the way she read into everything the President said. She has NO brains at all and I feel bad that she had to learn life's lessons through one of the most powerful men in the world

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to read it during the whole scandal but was unable to finish this tale of a very naive girl.

[Kathleen Meacham · Rating 1 out of 5]

Boring

[Nora · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't finish this book, nor do I want to.
Thoroughly disgusting. Not in an "X" rated way, just the idiots that it's about. From Monica to both the Clintons, shameful.

[CeeCee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Monica Lewinsky, then, 22 years old made a bad choice. She had an affair with her boss, the most powerful man in the world and then lied about it, to try and protect him.

What she done may have been morally wrong, but morals are subjective at best & always changing throughout time.
It was a so called friend with ulterior motives that betrayed Monica by recording all their phone conversations regarding Bill Clinton. Linda Tripp gleefully sold out Monica & her secrets, with the agenda of making a buck.

Monica was absolutely lambasted by the media, The IOC & the government. She was treated as if she had committed a violent, heinous crime. Even the so called Feminists of the time turned their backs on her.
Bill Clinton done nothing to protect her. He was too busy covering his own ass by lying to the entire world about his sexual relations or lack there of with “this woman”.
Ken Starr used her as a pawn in his longtime game to impeach the president. For years he tormented Monica threatening jail time up to 27 years. He also forced her mother to testify infront of a grand jury against her. Another man abusing his position of power.

I don’t agree with Monica’s loose attitude towards married men but, she might be one of the bravest women I’ve heard of. It must take an incredibly stoic person to survive and rebuild a life after everything she endured. Even by today’s standards of misogyny and bullying, Monica was treated incredibly cruelly. It’s hard to believe with what we are surrounded by now in the news, that such a huge ordeal was made about a few consensual blow jobs, a-bit of fondling and a few passionate kisses.

[Kristen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have always been intrigued by Monica because we are birthday twins. Now she has a new podcast and I'm so happy for her. I wanted to go back and remember some of the details (just as awful as I remember) to have a better perception of the podcast, which I enjoy. Unfortunately, Andrew Morton is IMHO, a poor writer. There are many grammatical errors, spelling errors, and some parts are difficult to follow. I'm happy Monica got some money but this book is subpar at best.

[Regina Combs · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book made me both sad and fighting mad. At age 22 she made an error in judgement. How many of us think back to age 22 and realize that we too did not know as much as we thought, were beginning to figure out our own possibilities, or experienced the power of sexuality? Recently, upon hearing Ken Starr’s name on the news as one of Trumps lawyers, it made me remember the whole Clinton/Lewinsky thing. I have recently watched Monica Lewinsky’s Ted Talks or speeches about cyber bullying. Imagine having been Branded for life for something you did at 22.
So I bought this book. It was absolutely horrific, the things Linda Tripp and Ken Starr put that girl through. And that fact that it was all opened to the public through detailed documents was perverse and Misogynistic. It is obvious that it was written with the voice off a young twenty-something year old. And her romanticize version of events make me want to cringe at times, but it makes it even more evident that what she got caught up in was so much bigger than herself.

[Jessica Drury · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t typically read biographies, but Monica’s story is very interesting. I never thought about her perspective when everything came out in the 90’s. She was only 23 and her and her family endured much more than I ever knew.

If you’re interested in this book you would also enjoy the tv series “America Crime: Impeachment.” There is also a podcast called “Impeachment” that follows the series.

[Kay Evans-Stocks · Rating 2 out of 5]

wanted to read to hear her story and learn more about what happened!! but …. Can definitely feel how outdated the writing is and the structure / timeline of events I found a tad confusing…