Bibliograph

Double life, the shattering affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and socialite Joy Silverman, Linda Wolfe

Type

Label

Double life, the shattering affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and socialite Joy Silverman, Linda Wolfe

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Double life

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Linda Wolfe

Sub title

the shattering affair between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and socialite Joy Silverman

Summary

Acclaimed true-crime journalist Linda Wolfe presents the bizarre and riveting true story of how the chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals was brought down by sexual obsession He was the top justice of New York's highest court. She was a stunning socialite and his wife's step-cousin. In 1993 Sol Wachtler was convicted of blackmail and extortion against Joy Silverman, his former mistress. How did a respected jurist and one of the most prominent men in America end up serving time in prison? Linda Wolfe starts at the beginning-from Wachtler's modest Brooklyn upbringing through his courtship and marriage to Joan Wolosoff, the only child of a wealthy real estate developer. Joy Fererh was three and a half when her father walked out. When she and Sol met, he was fifty-five and nearing the pinnacle of his legal career. She was a thirtysomething stay-at-home mother who, with Sol's help, made a career for herself as a Republican Party fundraiser. They kept their affair a secret-until an explosive mix of sex, power, betrayal, and prescription-drug abuse set the stage for the tabloid headlines of the decade

Target audience

adult

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