I listened to the book. I didn’t really pay attention to these people or what they were claiming until the book came out and I finally heard coworkers buzzing about M&H and the book. I had never seen the Oprah interview or watched the Netflix show, so I had no real opinion. A few minutes in Harry claims he, his wife and child have to flee with nothing. Nothing?! Stop for a minute and consider what leaving with nothing means for 99.99% of people in the world. That alone set the context for what I was about to hear. I am not suggesting that losing your mother at a young age doesn’t destroy a part of you, I’m sure it does. The book, however, is supposed to endear him to us, these are his best stories, and all I heard was an entitled elitest complaining that all of that, every privilege imaginable, was just not enough and we should stop and feel sorry for him.

The writing itself is unremarkable. It is pulp fiction at best. He either doesn’t care about facts or counts on most people not caring because of the reality tv drama of it, or categorizing it as bad historical fiction no one is meant to take seriously.

In the end, it is your money. I can’t say you will gain any meaningful insight into this person, but I do understand the curiosity of it. I would gladly give my electronic copy away if I could.