Summary of Andrew Morton's Monica's Story

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#1 In 1973, Marcia Lewinsky gave birth to her first child, Monica Samille. As the proud father, Bernie, looked on, the nurses who had helped Marcia through her longest day marveled at the beautiful long eyelashes of her seven-and-a-half-pound daughter.

#2 Monica’s strength of will, which some might call obstinacy in one so young, surfaced again when her aunt Debra was due to marry her fiance Bill Finerman at his grandmother’s home in Beverly Hills in 1976. Monica insisted that her light-blue dress be sleeveless, and the bride had to cut the sleeves off.

#3 While some have portrayed Marcia as a flighty socialite, she was actually a homebody who spent her time and energies on her children. She was a well-established private school with a rigorous academic and social reputation.

#4 There were incidents at school, if not of physical bullying, at least of the casual cattiness and cliquishness of children, particularly girls, which often remain as a canker in the psyche well into adult life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822510951

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Insights on Andrew Morton's Monicas Story

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1973, Marcia Lewinsky gave birth to her first child, Monica Samille. As the proud father, Bernie, looked on, the nurses who had helped Marcia through her longest day marveled at the beautiful long eyelashes of her seven-and-a-half-pound daughter.

#2

Monica’s strength of will, which some might call obstinacy in one so young, surfaced again when her aunt Debra was due to marry her fiance Bill Finerman at his grandmother’s home in Beverly Hills in 1976. Monica insisted that her light-blue dress be sleeveless, and the bride had to cut the sleeves off.

#3

While some have portrayed Marcia as a flighty socialite, she was actually a homebody who spent her time and energies on her children. She was a well-established private school with a rigorous academic and social reputation.

#4

There were incidents at school, if not of physical bullying, at least of the casual cattiness and cliquishness of children, particularly girls, which often remain as a canker in the psyche well into adult life.

#5

The focus on materialism, on owning the latest designer clothes and gadgets, was an inevitable corollary of growing up in Beverly Hills. It was a place where surface and show form the fabric of social life, and to be willowy, blonde, and driving the latest BMW was the standard.

#6

Bernie was a typical Beverly Hills professional, concerned more with his career than with his children. He would often wake Monica up late at night or at dawn to watch important events on TV. He never really won her approval, but he did love her dearly.

#7

Monica had a difficult relationship with her father, but she had a close bond with her mother, who usually sided with her in family disputes. She had a photographic memory, and her logical mind and eloquence made her a formidable student.

#8

When she was ten, Monica transferred from John Thomas Dye to Hawthorne Elementary School in Beverly Hills. She was voted Vice-President of her class by her schoolfellows that year. She had a crush on her president, Danny Shabani, who was also her friend.

#9

Monica’s parents were having problems in their marriage. Her father worked a lot and the stress of his job, dealing with sick and dying people, was taking a toll on his mood. Her mother was not affectionate or loving towards him.

#10

In September 1987, Bernie was treating a patient who told him she had lung cancer. Suddenly, his receptionist interrupted the consultation and told him that there was someone to