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 New York, 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, Mary brings an incisive wit and unexpected humour 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 regifting to her grandmother's frequent injuries and illnesses and the appalling way Donald, Fred Trump's favourite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer's.
Numerous pundits, armchair psychologists and journalists have sought to explain Donald Trump's lethal flaws . Mary 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.
**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** The book that inspired Steven Spielbergs acclaimed TV series, produced by Tom Hanks and starring Damian Lewis. In Band of Brothers , Stephen E. Ambrose pays tribute to the men of Easy Company , a crack rifle company in the US Army. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the dangerous parachute landings on D-Day and their triumphant capture of Hitlers Eagles Nest in Berchtesgaden. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. Repeatedly send on the toughest missions , these brave men fought, went hungry, froze and died in the service of their country. A tale of heroic adventures and soul-shattering confrontations , Band of Brothers brings back to life, as only Stephen E. Ambrose can, the profound ties of brotherhood forged in the barracks and on the battlefields. History boldly told and elegantly written . . . Gripping Wall Street Journal Ambrose proves once again he is a masterful historian . . . spellbinding People
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT. Fear is a meticulously researched account of a White House and a president in financial, legal and personal disorderessential reading Daily Mail ''I think youve always been fair.'' President Donald J. Trump, in a call to Bob Woodward, August 14, 2018 ''The sheer weight of anecdotes depicts a man with no empathy and a pathological capacity for lying.'' Financial Times '' Fear depicts a White House awash in dysfunction, where the Lord of the Flies is the closest thing to an owner''s manual.'' The Guardian ''Though his books are often sensational, he is the opposite of sensationalist . . . Hes Washington''s chronicler in chief.'' Nick Bryant, BBC ''Horribly fascinating. Strongly recommended. If you can bear it.'' Richard Dawkins ''He is the master and I''d trust him over politicians of either party any day of the week.'' New York Times ''Woodward is truths gold standard.'' Washington Post With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trumps White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence. Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the presidents first years in office.
