E. Jean Carroll is the long-term advice columnist for Elle Magazine, and she's the woman who is suing Donald Trump for rape when they had an encounter at Bergdorf's Department Store in New York City. Previously, I had read a few of her advice columns. Now, I was curious to see what she had to say about herself and the current president. Admittedly, part of my interest came from having known Ms. Carroll and her family of origin. Her parents were great friends of my parents, and as a result, she occasionally came to my house for family parties, and I was in her parents' house for more parties. Our parents had very active social lives. On one occasion, my father actually saved her life when she was about four years old, but that's another story. Personally, I have not had any contact with her for at least 50 years, although I have a renewed relationship with her brother. Fittingly. the author has qualified her dear brother as an honorary woman, which is very high praise. That causes me some jealousy. I remember Jeanie Carroll as a stunningly beautiful woman who was always outspoken.
This book reviews Ms. Carroll's long history of bad outcomes in her romantic relationships with men. She gives what appears to me to be an honest accounting of her encounter with Trump, a man she had known from earlier New York social events. The book was a quick read, and much of it was tongue-in-cheek with regard to her complaints about men. It must have been after filing the lawsuit against Trump that she took off on a nearly 5,000 mile journey as she asked many women in different circumstances what they needed men for. She told those stories in the body of her book.
If you're curious about her story, have a look at her book.
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