Mary, the niece of former US President Donald Trump, teams up with E. Jean Carroll, his rape accuser, and writer and law professor Jennifer Taub to write a romantic novel.
The move hopes to separate Mary from the political focus she’s best known for following her July 2020 release of the explosive tell-all “Too Much and Never Enough,” which featured “cheating as a way of life” for the former president. unmasked and his family.
In an effort to step out of her uncle’s shadow, the trio hopes to release the novel “The Italian Lesson” on Substack in the coming year, with the first installment arriving on Friday.
The romantic novel follows the journey of an American woman with a secret past who tries to reinvent herself in Tuscany, where she opens a café and meets a handsome local vineyard owner.
Former US President Donald Trump’s niece Mary teams up with E. Jean Carroll, his rape accuser, and author and law professor Jennifer Taub to write a romance novel
In an effort to step out of her uncle’s shadow, the trio, including Carroll and Taub (pictured), hope to release the novel “The Italian Lesson” on Substack within the next year, with the first installment arriving on Friday.
Mary described it to the New York Times as “completely improbable and weird and counterintuitive.”
The serialized romance novel was born after the three became friends during a pandemic-era hem knitting circle.
They had initially talked about writing a screenplay for a Hallmark-esque romantic movie to keep in touch, but that didn’t materialize.
“We really didn’t want to lose each other,” said Taub, who was knitting during a joint Zoom interview with the publication.
Since they all have newsletters with Substack, it seemed like a logical choice to release their work slowly.
Mary, who previously wrote fiction before the nonfiction bestseller, volunteered to write it, but told the New York Times she wasn’t sure what it took to write in the romantic genre.
“I’ve never read a romantic novel in my life,” she said.
Carroll, who often offers romantic advice through her “Ask E. Jean” column, helped Mary with tips for writing “bedroom scenes and realistic romantic scenarios.”
The trio said the collaboration had been fairly “seamless,” though they occasionally argued about how sultry the plot should be.
During the interview with the outlet, Carroll and Mary disagreed over whether the novel could be described as “erotic.”
“This isn’t softcore porn,” Mary said. “Let’s wait,” Carroll objected. “I don’t have it in me,” Mary objected. “Mary, you do,” Carroll insisted.
All three said no discussion of the former president or politics of any kind would be on their Substack — despite Mary and Carroll’s notoriety of their connection to Donald Trump
For now, subscribers can access it twice a week, along with knitting patterns and recipes for Italian dishes the characters eat on the ‘Backstory Serial’ Substack
“I think we’re going to have some very delicious scenes, as only Mary can describe them, so they’re going to be a little weird, but trust me, there’s going to be some erotic scenes,” Carroll concluded.
All three said no discussion of the former president or politics of any kind would take place on their Substack.
“This is a zone without politics,” Carroll said. “We’ll give you an escape.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to the trio for comment.
Despite the side step, Mary and Carroll have become synonymous with social and political commentary over the years.
Carroll and Mary have both grown in prominence for their caustic criticism of former President Donald Trump.
In her 2019 memoir, “What Do We Need Men For?” Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
In May, a jury found that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll, but there was not enough evidence to say he raped her.
The panel of six men and three women also found that Trump injured advice columnist Carroll in a Manhattan dressing room Bergdorf Goodman in 1996 and defamed her when he called her a liar, ordering the former president to pay a total of $5 million in damages. .
They made their decision after just three hours of deliberation.
At that point, Carroll bowed her head as the verdict in the battery charge was read. As the libel sentence was read, she bowed it again and nodded in agreement. Then she stood up and shook hands with Trump attorney Joe Tacopina.
In a fiery post on Trump’s social media app Truth Social, the former president wrote in all caps, “I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THIS JUDGMENT IS A SHAME – A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH-HUNT OF EVER!’ He later posted, “VERY UNFAIR TRIAL!”
In her 2019 memoir, “What Do We Need Men For?” Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s
In May, a jury found that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll — but there wasn’t enough evidence to say he raped her — a beaming Carroll was seen leaving the courtroom at the time of the verdict
In a fiery post on Trump’s social media app Truth Social, the former president wrote in all caps, “I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THIS JUDGMENT IS A SHAME – A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH-HUNT OF EVER!’ He later posted, “VERY UNFAIR TRIAL!”
The jury awarded $2 million in punitive damages and $20,000 in punitive damages for the battery charge. The jury awarded $1 million in damages for the defamation and $1.7 million for the restoration of her reputation.
They awarded an additional $280,000 in damages for the defamation.
Carroll left the court beaming without making a statement to the media, but was heard to say to the crowd, “We are very happy.”
She is now seeking additional $10 million in damages in response to comments he made at a CNN town hall following the verdict.
In the summer of 2020, Mary became a cable news fixture when she released the scathing narrator about the Trump family.
At the time of its release, Simon & Schuster released a brief excerpt from the prologue which reads: “In addition to the first-hand accounts I can give as my father’s daughter and my uncle’s only niece, I have the perspective of a trained clinical psychologist.
‘Too Much and Never Enough’ is the story of the most visible and powerful family in the world. And I’m the only Trump who wants to tell.”
The book will reveal that “a ‘killer’ instinct is revered, while traits such as empathy, kindness and expertise are punished.”
According to Mary, the Trumps “are discouraged from taking responsibility for your failures” and see “cheating as a way of life.”
The book sold over 1.3 million copies in its first week of release.
Mary brushed off comments from critics who said the romantic novel would dilute her authority as a political commentator
In the summer of 2020, Mary became a cable news fixture when she released the scathing tell-all about the Trump family
Mary brushed off comments from critics who said the romantic novel would dilute her authority as a political commentator.
“Some people said we’re tarnishing the brand — what brand?” she said.
“I don’t really care what anyone thinks, or if people say, ‘Oh, it’s a romance novel and you’re not a serious person.’
A third of the novel is written with the plot fully mapped out, she added.
When she was done, Mary told the New York Times that she would like to find a traditional publisher to publish the book.
For now, Substack subscribers can access it twice a week, along with knitting patterns and recipes for Italian dishes the characters eat.
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