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  • Too Much and Never Enough

  • How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
  • By: Mary L. Trump PhD
  • Narrated by: Mary L. Trump PhD
  • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (1,226 ratings)

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Too Much and Never Enough

By: Mary L. Trump PhD
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* THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *

‘Even in the darkest of Dickens novels, no family comes across quite as mendacious, grasping and avaricious as the Trumps’ Financial Times

A REVELATORY PORTRAIT OF DONALD J. TRUMP AND THE TOXIC FAMILY THAT MADE HIM – WRITTEN BY HIS NIECE, MARY L. TRUMP


Mary Trump spent much of her childhood in her grandparents’ large, imposing house in New York with Donald and his four siblings. She describes a nightmare of traumas, destructive relationships and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse. As a first-hand witness and a trained clinical psychologist, Mary explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who occupied the Oval Office.

Written by the only Trump willing to speak out, Too Much and Never Enough is a fascinating and unnerving analysis on one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families. Mary Trump’s insight and intimate familiarity means she alone can tell the truth on what makes Donald, and the rest of her clan, tick.
©2020 Mary L. Trump, PhD (P)2020 Simon & Schuster UK

Editorial reviews

Behind Donald Trump’s bombast, bad haircut, and blatant disregard for the conventions of business, politics, and personal behaviour lies a deeply troubled man. Too Much and Never Enough is a riveting memoir by Mary Trump, his niece and a psychologist, which provides an inside account of the bizarre family dynamics that shaped the man.

Too Much and Never Enough highlights how the sins of Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, caused lasting emotional damage to the former president. Author Mary Trump reveals details about Donald’s dodgy financial dealings, his compulsion to lie and cheat his way to wealth and power, and his total lack of regret or regard for anyone else.

As you would expect from a trained psychologist, Mary Trump delivers a clinical, comprehensive account of her uncle’s personality disorders. She makes for a convincing and believable narrator as she bears witness to the historical and familial forces that built the Trump persona, while doing her best to tear down his façade.

The author’s intimate knowledge of family secrets and her gift for storytelling make for a revealing portrait of the 45th President of the United States. While some might have expected a self-serving, righteous tone, Mary Trump narrates her own audiobook with a hint of dark humour and detached cool. There’s also a sense of regret for her family’s role in creating such a divisive figure.

Although the Trump family tried to stop its publication, Too Much and Never Enough was released in July 2020 and sold more than 1.3 million copies in the first week. The follow-up, The Reckoning: Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal, analyses the impact of Trump’s presidency on the American people, economy and political system.

Critic Reviews

‘Mary draws a portrait of a surreal, scarred clan... But the fact that Donald morphed from huckster to celebrity to president makes her account seminal and indispensable. Mary’s clarity, training, discipline and sharp eye help make her a reliable narrator, and she’s a fluid, witty writer to boot. Everything in her book that I’m familiar with is spot on. There is plenty in the book, however, that I wasn’t aware of, and I suspect that’s the reason the president and his siblings have gone to court to try to halt its publication.’ (Timothy L. O'Brien)
'Trump claims to be unique, exceptional, a shining self-creation. This book by his estranged niece demolishes that myth. Mary Trump’s ruthless memoir blames their family for creating him: she sees it as her patriotic mission to “take Donald down”, and she does so by showing how derivative and dependent the ultimate self-made man has always been... In a startling final condemnation, she charges that his “craven need for ‘revenge’” on opponents makes him, in his nonchalance about coronavirus in New York, responsible for what she calls “mass murder”.' (Peter Conrad)

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genuine and sincere, like no Trump you have seen

Marys book paints an interesting portrait of a dysfunctional family ruled by sociopaths. Reading this book will help you comprehend the actions of the first family.

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Very detailed and credible insights

Mary Trump does an incredible job of explaining how Donald's deep personality flaws are a result of his father and family's culture, without extricating him from ultimate responsibility. Very engaging and entertaining book

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Mary L. TRUMP

Listened to this in one sitting. In a way, it’s not at all a surprise that 45 came from an emotionally and morally bankrupt family, with a psychotic patriarch, and ruthless siblings.

A fascinating insight from a true insider…
I could’ve listened to it, if it were twice as long!

Thankyou Mary. I hope your demons are now sleeping … (or soon start healing after November 2020). You should be able to claim PTSD on your health insurance - (or bill 45; however it works over in US!)

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Fascinating

Such an insightful book. I didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did. It was well written and really engaging.
Gives one a lot to think about and how important a positive upbringing is.

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Orange Privilege

I had heard some excerpts from this book from Mueller She Wrote podcast and have watched many documentaries on this horrible man and his father. Listening to Mary detail the family dynamic and how her Grandfather was a cold manipulative person still doesn’t excuse the way Donald became. He is an adult and could seek help, or just not be a narcissistic arsehole. However he chose to to be a transactional
Prick that cared for no-one but himself. He had his father and lawyers dig him out of every failure which meant he has no sense of how to be better. How the hell does someone like that become President? He was less qualified than a pumpkin and equally orange. If the January 6 investigation and the FBI probe and his Tax violations don’t bring him undone, there is no justice. I hope you get the money you deserve for him screwing you and your brother over Mary. Good luck.

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Frightening

How scared should we be that this man is the leader of the free world! Such a sad story!

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Shatters the facade.

Excellent writing. Gives an unenviable perspective to a damaged and damaging family, whose dysfunction brings about consequences beyond what the world was willing to imagine.

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Learning to Survive

If you have ever wondered how a man such as Donald Trump was created, this explains it all. An incredible book. Read by the author, it is very well written and easy to listen to, this narrative is about survival of the fittest.
Mary showed only slight bitterness when discussing her father and I don’t blame her one bit. How her family treated her father was hard to listen to. Her tale shows us how sociopaths are made not born. This is well worth a read, I strongly recommend it.

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ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. A MUST Read!!

Couldn't get enough..
Will listen to it again and again..
Can't wait for a MOVIE to be made about it.
Mary should be so proud of herself, this book is spectacular.
(I don't understand how no one has brought up the mash potato incident in the media yet. Now Donald wouldn't like that, would he? lol.)
And with all this AGAIN it makes me thankful to Be An Australian.

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The Best Trump Book

I've listened to them all trying to figure him out. This one provides a much better insight that all the others have and gives some terrific anecdotes that can only come from a family member.

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