"Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.”

[$tevie]

New York Times review of Jared Kushner’s book

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/books...8e1AHpjA2E&smid=url-share

Jared Kushner’s ‘Breaking History’ Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir
This book is like a tour of a once majestic 18th-century wooden house, now burned to its foundations, that focuses solely on, and rejoices in, what’s left amid the ashes: the two singed bathtubs, the gravel driveway and the mailbox. Kushner’s fealty to Trump remains absolute. Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog’s eye goo.

The tone is college admissions essay. Typical sentence: “In an environment of maximum pressure, I learned to ignore the noise and distractions and instead to push for results that would improve lives.”

Every political cliché gets a fresh shampooing. “Even in a starkly divided country, there are always opportunities to build bridges,” Kushner writes. And, quoting the former White House deputy chief of staff Chris Liddell: “Every day here is sand through an hourglass, and we have to make it count.” So true, for these are the days of our lives.

[hal]

I would love hearing about warehouses full of this book because no one wants to buy it.

I love, 'The tone is college admissions essay'.

[Dennis S]

Who was it who said something like: If you want to know the author’s truth, read his or her fiction; if you want to know the author’s lies, read his or her non-fiction?

[DeusxMac]

Like sands through the hourglass, so are The Days of Our Lives.

https://youtu.be/jVww_BgEEyY

[pdq]

$tevie wrote: ”Every day here is sand through an hourglass, and we have to make it count.” So true, for these are the days of our lives.

miley-laughing001:

[Ombligo]

I had high school sophomores who wrote better than that.