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Amber Frey, and any and all of her ghostwriters, has put together one
of the most opportunistic, tasteless books ever released. You need not
look past the cover to know that Amber doesn't care who or what she
exploits, as long as it makes her money. When I first saw the cover on
Dateline NBC, I was appalled. Laci Peterson is gone and can have no say
over her face being plastered on the cover. She didn't take that picture
to be placed on the book of a woman who may have been, at least
indirectly, behind her murder. I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted to be on
the cover of a book with the woman her husband cheated on her with. It
turns out that I wasn't the only one offended over the shameful cover.
Laci's mother has made a public announcement stating that she did not want
her daughter and her ex son-in-law on the cover, divided by a picture of
Amber Frey. She asked that the picture be removed. Amber hasn't complied
and refuses to answer journalists when asked why she won't reply. She
refers the question to her lawyer.
After reading this book, it's hard to believe that Amber herself would
even approve her picture for the front. The book is a short,
poorly-written mess, cleverly crafted by lawyers and publicists, not
written from the heart of Amber Frey. There is NOTHING in here that you
haven't already heard, if you've bothered to turn on the television in the
past year. The "shocking" revelations are not about the Laci Peterson
murder, but rather about Amber having an abortion, etc. It felt like
filler material, to me (especially the stuff about her not marrying the
fathers of her two children). And the book feels like a way for Amber to
make a quick buck out of a tragedy. She does nothing but beg for self-pity
in this book ("poor Amber"). Where are the insights into her relationship
with Scott? Why are we given transcripts of phone calls widely available
for free, along with already published photographs, instead of a
behind-the-scene's account that only someone like Amber could give us?
This book is all "surface" material and I would recommend it to no one. I
managed to read the ENTIRE book in the store, in under an hour (I would
rather donate my money to the victims of the Tsunami than give it to Amber
and her money-grubbing lawyer). Amber Frey should be ashamed of herself
for profiting off of a murder case. Maybe she should ask the God she
claims she has so much faith in what He would think of her using Laci
Peterson's smiling face to sell her lousy book. I doubt He'd
approve.
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