The End of Normal: A Wife's Anguish, A Widow's New Life

A New York Times bestseller, the explosive and heartbreaking memoir from the widow of Mark Madoff and the daughter-in-law of Bernard Madoff

When the news of Bernard Madoff€s Ponzi scheme broke, no one was more shocked than the members of his own family. Before then, Madoff€s son, Mark, and daughter- in-law, Stephanie, had built an idyllic life. Yet, while Mark€s thriving business was entirely separate from his father€s now notorious fund, he and Stephanie found themselves in the eye of the storm€"and grappling with their own sense of betrayal. Mark refused to see or speak to his parents, and on the second anniversary of his father€s arrest, he hanged himself.

Left to raise her children as a single mother, Stephanie tells the real story of her marriage to Mark, of being a part of the Madoff family, and of life for two years following her father-in-law€s arrest and incarceration. The End of Normal is a searing inside look at one of the most controversial stories of our time, and an extraordinary memoir of surviving personal tragedy amid public scandal.