Why people recommend it
The Tell by Amy Griffin is a memoir detailing the author's experiences and therapeutic recovery through MDMA therapy, which later became the subject of intense public scrutiny and legal battles. On The Megyn Kelly Show, host Megyn Kelly discussed the book extensively while covering a shocking lawsuit filed against Griffin by a woman alleging that the memoir's central story of sexual assault and recovered memories was stolen from her real life experiences. Kelly noted that the book achieved best-seller status before coming under fire, detailing how readers and sexual assault survivors left critical reviews on Amazon questioning the narrative's authenticity. Kelly also referenced the controversy surrounding the publishing process and the allegations that the powerful revelations in the book were entirely fabricated or misappropriated from the plaintiff's personal trauma. Furthermore, a podcast clip played on the show featured Gwyneth Paltrow offering an enthusiastic recommendation of the memoir, describing it as personally life-changing before the widespread revelations of the underlying legal conflict and claims of stolen identity emerged in the media landscape.
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Megyn Kelly — 8 mentions
“Plus, author Amy Griffin is now suing the woman who alleges Amy stole her story for her best-seller, The Tell.”
“Who did Amy Griffin's The Tell and then did Belle Burden's Strangers?”
“and got a best-selling book, The Tell, out of it, which we now believe were lies.”
“And she did write that book called The Tell. Uh in this book The Tell, she claimed that she underwent MDMA therapy.”
“And she alleges that the sexual assault described in The Tell actually happened to her, not to Amy. And she is heavily suggesting that Amy stole this entire story from her and that she willingly stole it.”
“And there were these reviews on Amazon of The Tell after it hit by a lot of women who had actually had survived sexual assault saying, "This is not ring true."”
“only to then read about it in the tell. This is very damning.”
“It's extremely dark. It's harrowing and it appears in the tell as Amy's story.”
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“I cannot [music] encourage you all enough to order and read The Tail. It's available for pre-order now, and I found it personally life-changing.”