![]() Her uncle, she says, grew up racist and antisemitic. At her grandparents’ home, the N-word was bandied about. As expected, Mary Trump’s disdain for her uncle is once again made clear. The book is a mixture of family lore, history, policy and anger. Under a slightly less alarming subtitle, Our Nation’s Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal, she delivers a bleak prognosis. It is a less lurid read but a darker one too. Now the Trump who doesn’t need a ghostwriter – and who is also a trained psychologist – is back with a second book, The Reckoning. ![]() On 6 January, when Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the US Capitol, literary hyperbole acquired prescience. A year later, it seems a flashing red light. Too Much and Never Enough had a subtitle: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man. ![]() ![]() The action remains pending, in court in Manhattan. Mary Trump then launched a lawsuit of her own against her uncle and his siblings, alleging they swindled her out of millions. Goosed by the Trump family’s attempt to stop publication and by simple proximity to election day, the book sold more than 1.35m copies in in its first week. ![]()
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