Truth and Consequences

Life Inside the Madoff Family

By: Laurie Sandell

Narrated by: Maggie Hoffman

In December 2008, the world watched as master financier Bernard L. Madoff was taken away from his posh Manhattan apartment in handcuffs, accused of swindling thousands of innocent victims-including friends and family-out of billions of dollars in the world's largest Ponzi scheme. Madoff went to jail; he will spend the rest of his life there. But what happened to his devoted wife and sons? The people closest to him, the public reasoned, must have known the truth behind his astounding success. Had they been tricked, too?

With unprecedented access to the surviving family members -- wife Ruth, son Andrew and his fiancéee Catherine Hooper -- journalist Laurie Sandell reveals the personal details behind the headlines.

How did Andrew and Mark, the sons who'd spent their lives believing in and building their own families around their father's business first learn of the massive deception? How does a wife, who adored her husband since they were teenagers, begin to understand the ramifications of his actions? The Madoffs were a tight-knit and even claustrophobic clan, sticking together through marriages, divorces, and illnesses. But the pressures of enduring the massive scandal push them to their breaking points, most of all son Mark, whose suicide is one of the many tragedies that grew in the wake of the scandal.

Muzzled by lawyers, vilified by the media and roundly condemned by the public, the Madoffs have chosen to keep their silence -- until now. Ultimately, theirs is one of the most riveting stories of our time: a modern-day Greek tragedy about money, power, lies, family, truth and consequences.

First time facts are revealed

Twenty years of research never told before. Painful lessons for so many because of one man's greed and keeping all of his corruption from his family. You may know the "money stories". This shares the tragedy of the unexpected collateral destruction.

This is a must read for any financially interested

Where does Truth and Consequences rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Top of the list. I love audiobooks. But this was a unputdownable book.
The fact that this is the only publication that interviewer that spoke to Madoffs wife and his son.

What other book might you compare Truth and Consequences to and why?

Any of Madoffs books

What about Maggie Hoffman’s performance did you like?

Everything. Especially the wife. Ruth s performance

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Very informative

Great book

I hate to say I enjoyed hearing about a tragedy, but I do say that I enjoyed that I enjoyed this book to get the back story of what happened to this family. It was very well written and the audio was awesome it's awesome. Thank you for sharing your treyou're tragedy with the rest of us that only heard part of the story

No winner in the Madoff Story

This book was really interesting, to experience the Madoff disaster from inside the Madoff family.
As compelling as their story is you still feel more sympathy for the victims of this horrendous fraud.

Nice hit job/classless

A classless hit job on Mark Madoff. “Andrew is so great.” “He had the brains.”