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Judge the book, not the politics...
Please note that I'm reviewing the book by Emily Jane Fox and not the Trump children, the book's subject.
Whatever your opinion of Donald Trump and his family, I think you should read Emily Jane Fox's joint bio of his children. Don Jr, Ivanka (and Jared), and Eric are his children by his first marriage: Tiffany, the child by his second wife; and Barron, the fifth child, by Trump's third wife. Their ages range from 40 to 12 and Barron could be Don, Jr's son. This fact is interesting because Trump's first set of children are definitely being treated differently within the family (and by those outside it) than his second and third. More was expected of Ivana's children. Fox does a very good job of describing the five children and their context within both the family and Donald Trump's orbit. Fox is a writer for "Vanity Fair" and her book is written in the same easy style that the magazine is.
Parenthood is supposed to supplant political partisanship. I'm not sure it does in the case of Trump and his children. Emily Jane Fox's well-researched and written book is an excellent look at the family dynamics of our First Family.
June 2018 · Kindle Store · verified purchase