Full Disclosure

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2918. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Keith Munyan (Jacket Photograph). viii, [1], 270, [4] pages. Stephanie Clifford (née Gregory; born March 17, 1979), known professionally as Stormy Daniels or Stormy Waters, is an American pornographic actress, stripper, and director. She has won numerous industry awards, and is a member of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. In 2009, a recruitment effort led her to consider challenging incumbent David Vitter for the 2010 Senate election in her native Louisiana. In 2018, Daniels became involved in a legal dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen. Trump and his surrogates paid $130,000 hush money to silence Daniels about an affair she says she had with Trump in 2006. Trump's spokespeople have denied the affair and accused Daniels of lying. Derived from a Kirkus review: A lively, candid memoir. The author is a household name for just one reason. Daniels is clearly a person of real intelligence and considerable business know-how. The details are deeply unpleasant, but Daniels adds nuance to the record: She reckons that as a reality show host, he had a few points in his favor even if he failed to deliver on a promise to get her on The Apprentice. The author's 15 minutes arrived a dozen years later, when she was exposed as the recipient of campaign hush money. Her account of succeeding events is fast-paced and full of sharp asides pointing to the general sleaziness of most of the players and the ugliness of politics, especially the Trumpian kind, which makes the porn industry look squeaky-clean by comparison. Daniels emerges as a force to be reckoned with-and not someone to cross. Of interest to politics junkies but with plenty of lessons on taking charge of one's own life.