After Perfect

A Daughter's Memoir

Christina McDowell

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Bantam
01 July 2015

Biography; Memoirs; Coping with personal problems; Intergenerational relationships

The other side of The Wolf of Wall Street story, by a daughter whose father destroyed his family. Christina McDowell's unflinching memoir is a brutally honest, cautionary tale about one family's destruction in the wake of the Wall Street implosion.

Christina McDowell had to change her name to be legally extricated from the trail of chaos her father, Tom Prousalis, left in the wake of his arrest and subsequent imprisonment as one of the guilty players sucked into the collateral fallout of Jordan Belfort (the Wolf of Wall Street ). Christina worshipped her father and the seemingly perfect life they lived... a life she finds out was built on lies. Christina's family, as is typically the case, had no idea what was going on.

Nineteen-year-old Christina drove her father to jail while her mother dissolved in denial. Since then, Christina's life has been decimated. As her family floundered in rehab, depression, homelessness and loss, Christina succumbed to the grip of alcohol, drugs and promiscuity before finding catharsis in the most unlikely of places.

From the bucolic affluence of suburban Washington, DC, to the A-list clubs and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles, this provocative memoir unflinchingly describes the harsh realities of a fall from grace. Christina McDowell's beautiful memoir is a Blue Jasmine story from a daughter's perspective.

By: Christina McDowell
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9780857985729
ISBN 10: 0857985728
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christina McDowell lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Zelda Fitzgerald. She volunteers for InsideOUT Writers, a nonprofit for children impacted by the criminal justice system.

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After Perfect

A Daughter's Memoir

Christina McDowell

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