Eppie: The Story of Ann Landers

by Margo Howard

This candid profile of the syndicated columnist describes the course of her successful career, her feud with twin Abigail van Buren, and the breakup of her marriage.

Genres: Nonfiction

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1982

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Too outdated and too self indulgent.

[Mell · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this in high school, where I had to review (write a critical book report) one book each semester for my journalism class. This is not what I'd call a hard hitting bio, and it written by Landers' daughter.

Not sure this would be cup of tea today. We had to pick a book about journalism or a journalist for the critical review. I seem to have chosen lighter books rather than historical tomes. But I always chose a book by or about a woman, because my history and literature classes were always about the dead white dudes.

[Ercilia Delancer · Rating 1 out of 5]

As a devoted reader of the Ann Lander's column in my formative years, I picked up this book hoping to read about her insights when it came to offering advice to the world's suffering population. Instead, I got a poorly written story, with dozens of typos, dealing mostly with her daughter's upbringing and multiple marriages. Even the photographs included were mostly of Margo Howard and her family. I have no idea who authorized this book to go to press with that title when there's so little of Eppie in it.

[Lisa Yvonne · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is about Ann Landers by her daughter, Margo Howard. It really seems skimpy for a biography and there's not that much about Eppie's early years. Too much of the book is about Margo and her relationship with her mother and her aunt, Eppie's twin sister Dear Abby. She places all the blame for the sisters feud on Abby but she's clearly biased. Not really that informative.