{"product_id":"after-perfect-a-daughters-memoir-paperback","title":"After Perfect: A Daughter's Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"searing memoir of loss and redemption\" (People) that \"exposes the side of The Wolf of Wall Street we didn't get to see\" (Metro), After Perfect is a cautionary tale about one family's destruction in the wake of the Wall Street implosion.Selected as one of the year's \"Fifteen Books You Need to Read\" by the Village Voice, Christina McDowell's unflinching memoir is \"a tale of the American Dream upended.\" Growing up in an affluent Washington, DC, suburb, Christina and her sisters were surrounded by the elite: summering on Nantucket Island, speeding down Capitol Hill's rich back roads, flying in their father's private plane. Their life of luxury was brutally stripped away after the FBI arrested Tom Prousalis on fraud charges. When he took a plea deal as he faced the notorious Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort's testifying against him, the cars, homes, jewelry, clothes, and friends that defined the family disappeared before their eyes, including the one thing they could never get back: each other. Christina writes with candid clarity about the dark years that followed and the devastation her father's crimes wrought upon her family: the debt accumulated under her identity; her mother's breakdown; her own spiral into addiction and promiscuity; and the delusion that enveloped them all. She shines a remarkable, uncomfortable light on a family's disintegration and takes a searing look at a controversial financial time and also at herself, a child whose \"normal\" belonged only to the one percent. A rare, insider's perspective on the collateral damage of a fall from grace, After Perfect is a poignant reflection on the astounding pace at which a life can change and how blind we can be to the ugly truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristina McDowell is the author of the critically acclaimed book, \u003ci\u003eAfter Perfect: A Daughter's Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the author of \u003ci\u003eCave Dwellers\u003c\/i\u003e​. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHuffPost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e O\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e People\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Christina is an advocate for restorative justice and criminal justice reform. She lives in Washington, DC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48065464795384,"sku":"9781476785417","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/6KCVTNC2Wf9781476785417.webp?v=1783225659","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/after-perfect-a-daughters-memoir-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}