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Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric. Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents' large, imposing house in the heart of Queens, where Donald and his four siblings grew up. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships, and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald. A first-hand witness to countless holiday meals and family interactions, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humor to sometimes grim, often confounding family events. She recounts in unsparing detail everything from her uncle Donald's place in the family spotlight and Ivana's penchant for re-gifting to her grandmother's frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump's favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer's. Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists, and journalists have sought to parse Donald J. Trump's lethal flaws. Mary L. Trump has the education, insight, and intimate familiarity needed to reveal what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick. She alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider's perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world's most powerful and dysfunctional families.
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"it's when Mary talks about her need 'to take Donald down' that she starts speaking the only language her family truly understands."
"Yet running through every chapter is the theme of getting some recognition from this cold, conscienceless family for the tragedy of her father's life and death."
"It's also a first-rate primer on the chaotic inner workings of an administration that has shocked the world by failing to take the basic steps required to keep Americans safe during the coronavirus pandemic ..."
"Mary Trump brings to this account the insider perspective of a family member, the observational and analytical abilities of a clinical psychologist and the writing talent of a former graduate student in comparative literature."
"I expected to encounter some seamy stuff in any history of the Trump family's fortune ..."
"The revelations in Too Much and Never Enough may not change our picture of the president much, but they've certainly unnerved him and his siblings."
"It strays too far into politics, on which the author is neither authoritative nor interesting."
"Curiously, when her stories are at variance with previously published versions, she does not note or explain the differences ..."
"Not everyone appears willing, least of all his niece."
"Readers who despair for President Trump's ability to lead the country out of its current crises will have their worst suspicions confirmed."
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