
After Perfect
A Daughter's Memoir
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Christina McDowell
In the tradition of New York Times best sellers What Remains by Carole Radziwill and Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey, Christina McDowell's unflinching memoir is a brutally honest, cautionary tale about one family's destruction in the wake of the Wall Street implosion.
Christina McDowell was born Christina Prousalis. She had to change her name to be legally extricated from the trail of chaos her father, Tom Prousalis, left in the wake of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment as one of the guilty players sucked into the collateral fallout of Jordan Belfort (the "Wolf of Wall Street"). Christina worshipped her father and the seemingly perfect life they lived...a life she finds out was built on lies. Christina's family, as is typically the case, had no idea what was going on.
Nineteen-year-old Christina drove her father to jail while her mother dissolved in denial. Since then Christina's life has been decimated. As her family floundered in rehab, depression, homelessness, and loss, Christina succumbed to the grip of alcohol, drugs, and promiscuity before finding catharsis in the most unlikely of places. From the bucolic affluence of suburban Washington, DC, to the A-list clubs and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, this provocative memoir unflinchingly describes the harsh realities of a fall from grace. Full of '90s nostalgia and access to the inner circles of the Washingtonian societal elite, Christina McDowell's beautiful memoir is a Blue Jasmine story from a daughter's perspective.
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Great story
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Terrible narration
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
Not really. I thought I would read about introspection, but it was all about the glitzy perfect life with celebrities that poor Christina and her family had to give up. She portrays herself at completely naive, while still portraying the good life and all the name brands she can fit into the book.Any additional comments?
I hoped for MUCH more from this book. Perhaps the Amazon reviews made it out to be better than it was, but I wasultimately disappointed.FAR too much name-dropping
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It belongs in Oprah's Book Club
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This. A must listen.
Wow
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Any additional comments?
While I, like most reviewers, found the narrator's incredible and continuing naivete obnoxious at times (okay, most of the time), in the end I was glad I listened to this story. It's something you can get involved in without really liking McDowell too much as a person. And her father--what a dirtbag! While I do think the book drags on a little long--I would absolutely have struck the last chapter had I been McDowell's editor--I would say it's worth a listen.One F---ed Up Family
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My 1st review after 2 years of audible
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Excellent
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Interesting, honest story
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What did you like best about this story?
First I have to say, I am generally a fan of autobiographies and memoirs. I learn so much from listening to others' journeys. I think what I liked best was the realness of the pain, denial and coping mechanisms Christina so openly shared.What does Christina McDowell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
I always get more when I listen directly from the author.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
My only extreme reaction was the apparent dissolution her father displayed throughout her story. I read the summary court opinion on his appeal back in 2014 based on the Janus case. It's clear he still doesn't own his behavior or actions.Giving the Author Props for Raw Honesty
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