A woman named Sheryl Weinstein has a book coming out saying that she and Bernie had an affair and he then stole her husband’s money. Exactly how interesting can a story about a then 40 – year-old mother and fundraiser betraying her husband be? Happens in every suburb, all the time. Even her publisher at St. Martins doesn’t promise much:
In addition to details of the affair, the hardcover book will include photographs and intimate descriptions of Madoff, Murphy said. He declined to provide an advance copy of the book, which he said was “a fast read’ and was ghostwritten. The cover price of the 224-page book is $23.99, according to Amazon.com.
I would think you’ll be able to pick this up as a toilet read for a few bucks a month after publication but to save you even that sum, and because this is a full service blog, here’s an example of her prose, which should suffice:
“For months after Dec. 11, I would wake in the dark hours of the night and early morning and to my horror realize that there were no calming, soothing words I could say to myself because it wasn’t a dream,” Weinstein said at Madoff’s sentencing. “The monster who visited me was true, a reality.”
Her days were filled, she said, with a “deep, heavy depression,” and the sight of food left her “sick, unable to escape the reality of my personal devastation. At times I could not even bear to be alone.”
She can always try her hand at romance novels, I suppose. But how pathetic to embarrass her husband, her children and if possible, herself, for a promise of a book advance? Show some pride, Sheryl – I’d tell you to suck it up but you might misunderstand.

Scammers and their customers are never far apart in greed and stupidity
Never underestimate the pull of Andy Warhol’s observation: Americans can, and regularly do, throw all self esteem aside for their pathetic grasp at fifteen minutes of fame.
Of course all bloggers excluded…
Geez, Bernie got around.
I suspect his options are more limited now. He’s going to be one randy fellow in 2159!
I demand 30 full minutes before I’ll debase myself.