- Mass Market Paperback: 385 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; St. Martin's Paperbacks Ed. 1999 edition (31 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312973624
- ISBN-13: 978-0312973629
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,560,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Though it's a legal document, the Starr Report, which was published in late 1998, reads like a racy novel. It tells the story of how the most powerful man in the world, President Bill Clinton, and a 24-year-old intern, Monica Lewinsky, had the most scandalous--and most unsatisfying--sexual relationship in history. She is portrayed as a spoiled Beverley Hills brat who performed oral sex on the President while he talked to colleagues on the telephone. They stole kisses in the hallways of the White House, him keeping his eyes open in fear of being discovered. When Clinton ended their liaison, she turned into a stalker, harassing his staff and demanding the President help her procure employment.
Andrew Morton, author of Diana: Her True Story, spent several months interviewing Lewinsky after the scandal broke and the result is Monica's Story. In it he asserts that the picture the Starr Report paints of Lewinisky is totally incorrect. He believes she and the President had an emotional, mutually satisfying relationship, which, if circumstances had been different, would probably have remained secret. In Monica's Story he covers much of the same territory as the Starr Report, but adds details of conversations Lewinsky and Clinton had in an attempt to show the depth of the relationship. In several 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, anybody's daughter."
Where the book is most interesting, however, is where Morton describes the political intrigue, lies and deception resulting from Kenneth Starr's investigation. Leading the evil band is Linda Tripp, who is described as a black-hearted, shameless manipulator who betrayed Lewinsky and caused the scandal for her own personal gain as she was planning to write a book about the President and his affairs. Lewinsky then became the target of media hatred--particularly by women writers who became obsessed with her weight and body shape. As Morton says: "For just as the O.J. Simpson trial exposed the racial fault line running through American society, so the Monica Lewinsky saga has spotlighted the underlying misogyny that still permeates American life, and particularly the media." Monica's Story is gripping stuff--porn, fantasy, farce, political commentary and tragedy all rolled into one. --Dale Kneen --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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.
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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book because I enjoyed Andrew Morton's book about Princess Diana. This book presents the human side, as opposed to the political side, of the story, form Monica's point of view. I think Andrew Morton was the perfect author to have taken on this book, and I would like to thank him for writing it. I can hardly wait for his next book.
I was interested in knowing how Monica felt about the whole thing, and it was just what this book told me.
I was interested in knowing how Monica felt about the whole thing, and it was just what this book told me.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I started reading the book with an open mind, not having sided with either party whilst the media were covering the "Scandal". Having now read it through, cover to cover, I can symapathize with both the President, because he worked under extreme pressure and Monica brought out a natural side in him. But I also felt Monica needed "Love" and needed to be "needed" by someone whom treated her in an extrodinary way.
Neither party deserved to be hounded.....Each one of us makes mistakes at some time in our lives, but we are not so "Public".
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought Monica's Story because I had watched the story unfolding and thought it would be interesting to see Monica's side of the story.
I was amazed by the way in which a womans life was almost totally destroyed because she was in love. Monica's Story could teach us all a thing or two.
I have a great deal of admiration for Monica as she has been to the lowest place on earth and has come through it with the help of her family and friends.
I would strongly recommend this book to anyone with a curious nature.
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