

The Best of Friends
Author: Mariana Pasternak
Narrator: Karen Saltus
Unabridged: 15 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 03/16/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Judaism
Author: Mariana Pasternak
Narrator: Karen Saltus
Unabridged: 15 hr 16 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 03/16/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs, Judaism
Mariana Pasternak grew up in Romania and immigrated to the United States as a political refugee. The mother of two daughters, she has been a biomedical engineer and has held other positions involving computer-based research and development. For the past twenty years, she has been working as a realtor in Connecticut, where she lives.
I bet I could read the Sarah Palin bio and not hate her as much as I hate Mariana Pasternak! Here comes the swearing! With friends like this, who needs enemies? OR : Who gives a fuck what you think? - Freddie Kreuger. When she meets Martha, it's clear she's crushing on her husband. When Martha gets divor......more
I finally finished this book! Boy this was a painful read. I like how she acted like she never really did any wrong. It was all on Martha. Now, let me clarify, I am not a Martha Stewart fan and this book did not change my opinion of her. With that said, I do not buy the perception the author tried t......more
I read the other book, written by a "true friend" of Martha's, "Being Martha." Honestly, both books are somewhat similar in personal recollections of a life with Martha, but this... was not sanctioned and it's acknowledged in the book that they stopped being friends and that's when this author start......more
The book is written by Mariana Pasternak, Martha Stewart's former best friend and witness for the prosecution in the stock trading trial that landed the domestic diva in jail. The book is riveting, not only because it provides a fascinating glimpse into the rarified life of Martha and her people, bu......more
I think I am one of the few (or the only) to have a positive review of this book and of the author. Many readers felt that Mariana Pasternak spoke too much of herself. However this book was about her life spent as Martha's best friends, so speaking of her personal history, her life, her family, was......more