If Loving You is Wrong

Oh my god, here is the ultra-cheesy, cover-with-a-paper-bag- when-you-take-it-on-the-subway true crime: the one about Mary Kay LeTorneau and the kid. Considering the subject matter, this one could have been a lot more exploitative than it was, so I give a tip of the hat to Gregg Olsen and his writing talents for not making it so. Nevertheless, it's about what you'd expect, so for those who were as obsessed with this case as I was (i.e., no one, but you know what I mean), pick this one up.

Disappointing. There is very little first person insight - and you learn why in the afterword. The author never talked to Mary Letourneau until days before the book went to press. There is more about the struggles between the families, their lawyers, and the media than there is about the main subjects of the book. It would have benefited from more more intimate insights into Letourneau and Vili Fualauu.

I would have given this 4 stars, but after she is arrested the second time, most of the book is about the media fighting over rights to interview and how much is to be paid etc. The first part of the book is interesting. She set out to get pregnant and have his child.