This book provided some insight into John Edwards's political rise and fall. It was not a particularly well-written account, and the bias of the author (the advisor who originally took the fall for Edwards's affair and illegitimate child) was obvious. Overall, I found that the personal anecdotes and insults to the Edwards family distracting. I liked having the perspective of someone close to the family, but Young was vague on so many important details that some of his perspective was lost in the minutia.
Plus, the book really only confirmed that fame, power, and prestige can cause corruption and that no one in the spotlight is as perfect as they appear (things that are already blatantly obvious in our political system).
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