Great post Gloria thanks for the wonderful book review can’t wait, to read it ☺️. And…thanks for the reminder I to renew my passport 🤦♂️! Too much on the plate 😜
It is a DAMN GOOD REVIEW!!!!!!!! but after listening to you and Joyce last night, I have the feeling you can do anything, E. Jean! The Absolutely Incredible E. Jean Carroll! I'm sorry my mother didn't live to watch the two of you, and read your book, and heaven knows what else.
But I wish you and Joyce would make a regular thing of talking together about whatever catches your fancies. I LOVED watching the two of you last night!!! My brain was buzzing afterwards!
Smiling after reading your review. I’m going to listen to it. What an incredible review of an amazing woman standing up for herself and for all women and little girls. I can hardly keep up with you Gloria, you open up an experience like no other showing us, telling us the guts, the essence— it’s remarkable, you are remarkable.
Caught her on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace.. who kept pushing her about how she felt to be the only woman to beat Trump..she let it rip..facial expressions..curly smile..gutty voice n snark..she was great..it was great ..worth the watch..6/17…
Got the hardback edition yesterday evening from Amazon. Read chapter 1 last night, chapter 2 this morning, will read chapter 3 tonight. As a fellow author who enjoys Good Writing, this is excellent. TC sez BUY IT.
Awesome piece Gloria !!!! from the loveliest Federal Employees to our loveliest E Jean.
My book will arrive in 2 days and then once I read it I shall get the audio.
I just want to touch the paper and turn back some pages if I want to, because I just want to read and re-read her words to get the taste of each of her words, like you taste an egg yolk in the morning or a ripe apricot from the tree !!!
And after that I shall get to her voice on her words !!!
Oh, the book? It’s awesomesauce—yes, I said it, and I meant it. But here’s the thing: E. Jean doesn’t just read her book like some polished audiobook debutante with perfect diction and no soul. No. She talks to you. I mean really talks to you—like you’re her oldest, sharpest, most scandalously well-dressed friend sitting across a chipped bistro table at 11:00 a.m. on a Tuesday pretending you’re not day-drinking Bellinis and chain-smoking imaginary Gitanes.
And there you are—elbows on the table, mascara a little smudged from the night before—hanging on every word because she’s telling the most riveting tale ever spun by a woman in heels and fury. You don’t hear this book. You live it. And somewhere between the French cigarettes and the laughter that borders on crying, you realize: this isn’t just storytelling. It’s communion.
I now know I must get my passport renewed, post haste! I also know I must buy E. Jean's book. I have my marching orders and will strap on my boots or perhaps, since it is hot, another choice: march out and into the future of better decisions!
Gloria - what a fabulous story of the passport and praise for the courageous E.Jean! We love E.Jean! I'm reading the book now, and it's remarkable how the release of the book coincided with the second judge's decision to throw out the DT's appeal. Brava!
Your review on the audio reminds me of autobiographical works by Nora Ephron and Trevor Noah. Both of their voiced books so enhanced the storyline by the author’s reading. Trevor even imitates all the voices of the characters.
Passport hell has followed me after my first one long ago, I’ve got a year left on mine but after reading your tremendous experience renewing yours I’ll break down and try tomorrow, sans heels of course. Excellent piece and book review Gloria, I’m buying her audio based on this post!!
I went hunting for the audiobook on audible.de on Tuesday—and of course, nothing. Grrrh! Damn Amazon and its continent-sized blind spots.
The book is exactly as you said: brilliant, sharp, laugh-out-loud outrageous, while never flinching. It breaks every form it touches, dances on the shards, and still manages to be a cultural excavation. For me, as a German citizen, it reads like a behind-the-scenes documentary of an empire's projected fantasy—the glossy illusion of the American Dream peeled back by a woman armed with wit, lipstick, and a legal record.
And your passport saga?
I’m still wrapping my head around it. A full cross-country flight, just to get a document renewed? That’s nearly the entire length of Germany. Here, I walk eight minutes to the town hall. Even if it’s urgent, I apply, wait a few days, then walk back. No jets, no terminals, no highway pileups or Ubers in fender-benders. Just a local office and sensible shoes. And if something does go sideways? Even with an expired passport, you can still fly. Border control here will issue you a provisional one on the spot—my brother had that experience.
So yes: yours was a truly expensive passport. Financially. Ecologically. Logistically. And yet—it gave you a story. A cinematic one. You had drama, suspense, a supporting cast, plot twists, a triumphant ending. I just had paperwork and a walk.
And then—E. Jean. That book. That voice. That absolutely nuclear blend of rage and glamour. You made me want to hear it in her own words even more. The fact I can’t access it here yet turns my Audible account into dead weight.
So now I sit here imagining her silver boots, her feathered defiance, her voice curling into every syllable—and I raise a glass (or a passport) to you.
Great post Gloria thanks for the wonderful book review can’t wait, to read it ☺️. And…thanks for the reminder I to renew my passport 🤦♂️! Too much on the plate 😜
I was just looking at buying it, because I had caught the tail-end of a SubStack live with her and Joyce Vance. I guess it’s a sign!
Gloria, I . . . .
I . . . . .
Gloria, I am.....
Gloria, if I could only . . .
Gloria, I am . . .
Gloria, how can I write a thank you worthy of your wonderful review?
It is a DAMN GOOD REVIEW!!!!!!!! but after listening to you and Joyce last night, I have the feeling you can do anything, E. Jean! The Absolutely Incredible E. Jean Carroll! I'm sorry my mother didn't live to watch the two of you, and read your book, and heaven knows what else.
But I wish you and Joyce would make a regular thing of talking together about whatever catches your fancies. I LOVED watching the two of you last night!!! My brain was buzzing afterwards!
E.Jean, that comment alone is the most wonderful thank you possible. I love your book. And Gloria's review of it and your Thank You to her.
Smiling after reading your review. I’m going to listen to it. What an incredible review of an amazing woman standing up for herself and for all women and little girls. I can hardly keep up with you Gloria, you open up an experience like no other showing us, telling us the guts, the essence— it’s remarkable, you are remarkable.
Caught her on MSNBC with Nicole Wallace.. who kept pushing her about how she felt to be the only woman to beat Trump..she let it rip..facial expressions..curly smile..gutty voice n snark..she was great..it was great ..worth the watch..6/17…
Can't wait to read it! PS Loved this passport adventure of yours.
Got the hardback edition yesterday evening from Amazon. Read chapter 1 last night, chapter 2 this morning, will read chapter 3 tonight. As a fellow author who enjoys Good Writing, this is excellent. TC sez BUY IT.
You have the credentials so your opinion matters eons more than mine, Tom. Splurge and buy the audiobook. It’s priceless.
Awesome piece Gloria !!!! from the loveliest Federal Employees to our loveliest E Jean.
My book will arrive in 2 days and then once I read it I shall get the audio.
I just want to touch the paper and turn back some pages if I want to, because I just want to read and re-read her words to get the taste of each of her words, like you taste an egg yolk in the morning or a ripe apricot from the tree !!!
And after that I shall get to her voice on her words !!!
Oh, the book? It’s awesomesauce—yes, I said it, and I meant it. But here’s the thing: E. Jean doesn’t just read her book like some polished audiobook debutante with perfect diction and no soul. No. She talks to you. I mean really talks to you—like you’re her oldest, sharpest, most scandalously well-dressed friend sitting across a chipped bistro table at 11:00 a.m. on a Tuesday pretending you’re not day-drinking Bellinis and chain-smoking imaginary Gitanes.
And there you are—elbows on the table, mascara a little smudged from the night before—hanging on every word because she’s telling the most riveting tale ever spun by a woman in heels and fury. You don’t hear this book. You live it. And somewhere between the French cigarettes and the laughter that borders on crying, you realize: this isn’t just storytelling. It’s communion.
I'll do both. First the book, then her voice
I thought that too! I just started the book and it’s amazing, can’t even do it justice describing it, but I want to listen to her reading it too!
I now know I must get my passport renewed, post haste! I also know I must buy E. Jean's book. I have my marching orders and will strap on my boots or perhaps, since it is hot, another choice: march out and into the future of better decisions!
Currently I’m in the process of filling out the application to get a new passport. My past passport expired 10+ years ago.
I have ordered E.Jean Carrol’s book. I can’t wait to read it!
Her book is a doozy.
Gloria - what a fabulous story of the passport and praise for the courageous E.Jean! We love E.Jean! I'm reading the book now, and it's remarkable how the release of the book coincided with the second judge's decision to throw out the DT's appeal. Brava!
Your review on the audio reminds me of autobiographical works by Nora Ephron and Trevor Noah. Both of their voiced books so enhanced the storyline by the author’s reading. Trevor even imitates all the voices of the characters.
Passport hell has followed me after my first one long ago, I’ve got a year left on mine but after reading your tremendous experience renewing yours I’ll break down and try tomorrow, sans heels of course. Excellent piece and book review Gloria, I’m buying her audio based on this post!!
Ordering! Great recommendation, Gloria!
I'll have to get that...
G L O R I A. Are you 1k sure E.Jean didn’t pay you to pen this review ?
ROFL. 🤣 Mine is one of many! I would like a signed book …
G L O R I A. You’re definitely saavy. You can find her personal info. Send a cc of your review. I bet you’ll get an invite to sip a dirty martini
Maybe! 🤔
Gloria, I envy you.
I went hunting for the audiobook on audible.de on Tuesday—and of course, nothing. Grrrh! Damn Amazon and its continent-sized blind spots.
The book is exactly as you said: brilliant, sharp, laugh-out-loud outrageous, while never flinching. It breaks every form it touches, dances on the shards, and still manages to be a cultural excavation. For me, as a German citizen, it reads like a behind-the-scenes documentary of an empire's projected fantasy—the glossy illusion of the American Dream peeled back by a woman armed with wit, lipstick, and a legal record.
And your passport saga?
I’m still wrapping my head around it. A full cross-country flight, just to get a document renewed? That’s nearly the entire length of Germany. Here, I walk eight minutes to the town hall. Even if it’s urgent, I apply, wait a few days, then walk back. No jets, no terminals, no highway pileups or Ubers in fender-benders. Just a local office and sensible shoes. And if something does go sideways? Even with an expired passport, you can still fly. Border control here will issue you a provisional one on the spot—my brother had that experience.
So yes: yours was a truly expensive passport. Financially. Ecologically. Logistically. And yet—it gave you a story. A cinematic one. You had drama, suspense, a supporting cast, plot twists, a triumphant ending. I just had paperwork and a walk.
And then—E. Jean. That book. That voice. That absolutely nuclear blend of rage and glamour. You made me want to hear it in her own words even more. The fact I can’t access it here yet turns my Audible account into dead weight.
So now I sit here imagining her silver boots, her feathered defiance, her voice curling into every syllable—and I raise a glass (or a passport) to you.
Run in heels. Tell it like only you do.