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Book Based On Edwards’s Mistress Gains Popularity
11-Aug-2008
Written by: Meghan Moynihan
Jay McInerney’s novel gains popularity after Edwards’s admission of his affair.
An old novel written by author Jay McInerney, featuring a promiscuous young girl who loves to party, is being reprinted by its publisher, as the author has admitted that the novel is based on John Edwards’s future mistress, Rielle Hunter, Forbes reports.
Vintage Books, a paperback imprint of printing giant Random House, Inc. has ordered an additional 2,500 copies of McInerney’s Story of My Life. Released in 1988 and narrated by an aspiring actress, McInerney has said that the story was inspired by Rielle Hunter—then named Lisa Druck—and a group of friends that the author got to know while living in New York.
By Monday afternoon, Story of My Life had reached number 470 on Amazon.com’s list of best-selling books and was out of stock.
John Edwards, a former Democratic presidential candidate who was once a United States senator, admitted last week that he had had an affair with the woman upon whom the book is based. They met on the campaign trail, as Hunter was hired to produce videos for the former senator as he began his run for presidency.
Best known for his novel, Bright Lights, Big City, the 53-year-old author’s other works include Ransom, Brightness Falls, and The Good Life.
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