FULL DISCLOSURE by Stormy Daniels (St. Martin’s Press, October 2018) Hardcover, 288 pages. ISBN # 1250205565 / 9781250205568.
Summary from the Goodreads website . . . . .
She was already well-known in some circles before March 6, 2018, but that’s probably the first time you heard the name Stormy Daniels. That’s the day she filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump over a nondisclosure agreement negotiated before the election but never signed.
How did Stormy Daniels become the woman willing to take on a president? What is it like to be reviled by some, held up as a beacon of hope by others, and to be an object of fascination to all?
In this book, Stormy Daniels tells her whole story for the first time: about how she came to be a leading actress and director in the adult film business, the full truth about her journey from a rough childhood in Louisiana onto the national stage, and everything about the events that led to the nondisclosure agreement and the behind-the-scenes attempts to intimidate her.
Stormy is funny, sharp, warm, and impassioned by turns. Her story is a thoroughly American one, of a girl who loved reading and horses and who understood from a very young age what she wanted―and who also knew she'd have to get every step of the way there on her own.
People can't stop talking about Stormy Daniels. And they won't be able to stop talking about her fresh, surprising, completely candid, nothing-held-back book.
My review on the Goodreads website . . . . .
Take away the sections that include Donald Trump, and this would still be a very interesting and entertaining biography.
In spite of a troubled childhood with a disturbed mother, an absentee father, and sexual abuse from a neighbor Stephanie Clifford (aka Stormy Daniels) grew up to be an intelligent, wise and savvy business person. That she decided to make her rise to the top through the learning curve of stripper, porn actress and then successful porn movie director doesn't diminish her credibility.
This is an amusing biography (in spite of some of the trouble spots) that kept me reading through the revealing anecdotes on all aspects of her life and career.
Anyone picking this up hoping to get to read some new scandalous dirt on DJT will only get a smattering of additional information, as the subject of her several encounters with him have been the subject of media saturation. There are some revealing bits into his character, which only serve to confirm what a narcissistic egotist he is. He really doesn't understand how to converse with a real woman, and resorts to bragging about himself and then holding out the promise of a big reward (a spot on the Apprentice tv show) in hopes of pleasuring his you-know-what. Trump is morally bankrupt. Stormy has more principles and a proper code of conduct than he does.
Stormy sums up his character very well during her first meeting with Trump, when he was bragging about his plans for "the greatest golf course the world has ever seen" in Scotland and his difficulties in getting it started:
"He was getting agitated talking about it, but there was nothing that made him seem as petulant and prone to tantrums as he has been as president. He was just run-of-the-mill insecure, which I find happens a lot with people with money that they didn't earn themselves. They harbor this inner self-esteem problem that they try to mask by overcompensating. That's him to a tee."
It's ironic that a person of Trump's character, a man who has cheated on a pregnant wife and bragged about grabbing women by the pussy and getting away with it, gets "a pass" from evangelicals who buy into his pro-life statements. He just doesn't seem sincere to me, just playing to his base and saying what they want to hear. I have a hard time believing that he cares one whit for women or children, beyond their connection to him. It's all about him. While overlooking his indiscretions, these same evangelicals most likely will condemn Stormy Daniels for her involvement in the pornography business.
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