Ms. Shapiro:

To say that I was somewhat disappointed in your review of this book would be an understatement.

Somehow you managed to reduce a woman who single-handedly created an empire (doing so in a time when women did not create empires, making her a true modern woman in this womans book), took all that life threw her way and made something excellent come out of the nightmare (she didn't just make lemonade with those lemons - she made lemon sorbet!), held to the principals that she believed in even when those around her didn't hold to those same principals (such as marriage is permanent and you should be faithful to those vows, whether your spouse chooses to or not) and stood tall and proud to be the woman that she really was (obviously, it was not socially acceptable for her to attend the movies and have ice cream with her maid - but she did it anyway, perhaps setting a new tone of social acceptability in doing so). This is the same woman that I just read, in your own review, being reduced to a woman who should be mocked, somewhat pitied, thought to be out-dated in her outlooks even in her own time and discounted as not being very valuable or authentic? Oh, then there was her advice to women going through a high profile divorce that it would be vulgar to discuss the intimacies of that divorce in the press. Quite frankly, I wish that more celebrities read Emily Post today!

Hmm, advice that served not only way back then, when we were so much less enlightened then we are now, but would also serve us well today. Gee, I can see why you discounted Emily Post, as a woman, in your review. (Very Sarcastic, in case anyone reading this misses that part!)

What I didn't see in your review of the book, was a review of the book! All I saw was that it might not have been a book that you would've personally choosen to go out and buy. Hopefully, the author of this book wasn't looking to receive a real, live, authentic and constructive book review from you.

Personally, I'm now going to go out and read this book for myself - just to see if it was written well or not.