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This must have been a very painful book for you to write. Why did you decide to do it? The first part was that the investment decisions in my family were my responsibility, so I felt this tremendous guilt and responsibility about what had happened. My motivation was to try to make things better as much as I can, and that sort of meant putting myself out there...
...have your husband and son reacted to the book? Well, my husband read most of the book. My son hasn't read it, but he has been very loving and very, very supportive. My husband has also been supportive. It's something that happened 16 years ago. [My marriage] was a 21-year relationship; the affair lasted about a year or a year and a half. [So] it wasn't like, "Surprise, I've been having an affair for 20 years." It was more like, "Surprise, I had an affair 15 or 16 years ago." We've really worked hard...
...book recounts in great detail the sexual experiences you had with Madoff. The unflattering physical comments you made about him have drawn quite a bit of attention. Why did you decide to focus on that? In the months following the scandal breaking, I got a lot of questions about what made Bernie tick. [His alleged poor endowment] was an issue for Bernie. I started doing some research, and it can impact the psyche from a very early age. I really did feel that this was a part of Bernie's makeup, a big part of his psyche...
...find writing the book cathartic? There was a good deal of catharsis. I started feeling that by sharing it, I was getting stronger, not weaker...
...book, you say that you're looking forward to getting back to your future. What does that entail? What are you looking forward to doing? We sold our house of 20 years. I'm trying to recuperate some of the monies we have lost, and I'm trying to get a career going, to continue to make money because I have to work. I'm really trying to put this behind me as much as I can. It's been a very heavy load to carry...