Gone in an Instant

The Bag Lady Papers is a story about survival, inspiration and Independence. It is the memoir of Alexandra Penney and her financial ruin after investing all her savings with Bernie Madoff and her road to recovery.

Synopsis
Throughout her life, Alexandra Penney's worst fear was becoming a bag lady. Even as she worked several jobs while raising a son as a single mother, wrote a multimillion-dollar bestselling advice book, and became editor in chief of Self magazine, she was haunted by the image of herself alone, bankrupt, and living on the street. She even went to therapy in an attempt to alleviate the nagging in her mind that told her that all she had worked for could crumble.
And then, one day, that's exactly what happened. Alexandra Penney had taken a friend's advice and invested nearly everything she had ever earned with Bernie Madoff. So one day she was successful and wealthy; the next she had almost nothing. Suddenly, at an age when many Americans retire, Penney saw her worst nightmares coming true.
Entertaining and inspiring, The Bag Lady Papers chronicles Penney's struggle to cope with the devastating financial and emotional fallout of being cheated out of her life...

I had checked this book out of the library, yet I will most likely purchase it. I think it's a good one to keep on hand. A good reminder of what is truly important and the fierce reality of the difference between our 'wants' and 'needs' in life.
My rating: @@@
Cheers.......................