"The Damaged Product of an Absent Mother and a Sociopathic Father"

"'There were a lot of mob movies before "The Godfather," but "The Godfather" gave us a very specific understanding of being in a mob family because it was this rich, detailed, inside account of how a family dysfunctioned together,' he said. 'There was nothing new in "The Godfather" about how mobsters rolled, but the portrait it painted was so searing and rich and authentic that it defined our understanding of a criminal family. And, yes, there have been other books about the Trump family—Wayne's, mine, Gwenda's—but none of us captured his family life in the way that she has.' O’Brien predicted Mary Trump's work will have 'a seismic imprint.' 'It gives,' he said, 'the deepest understanding of his family dynamics that anyone has provided, and how that shapes his psychosis, and why he's such a dangerous leader.'"

Michael Kruse at Politico reviews Mary L. Trump's Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man.