High Cotton: Love and Death on Wall Street

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Summary: I've Read This Book At Least 15 Times - YOU NEED THIS BOOK!!
Review: I purchased this book in a train station in Germany back in 1990. Not only did I pack this book around Europe (rather than sell it to a used bookstore or trade it away for something else) I have kept it through many moves across the country and around town. It is FANTASTIC and it inspired me to run my first marathon back in 1994 as well as the New York City marathon in 1995. I NEVER would have thought I could do it if it weren't for this book!

I have tried and failed many times to find some way to contact Ms. Daley and/or find something else written by her. If anyone has any information, please forward it to me at [e-mail].

The book is unflinchingly honest and it's less about Philip Hehmeyer than about Sherri Daley's late 20's and early 30's. It's a 'slice of life' that's incomparable to any other book I've ever read.

Bravo Ms. Daley!

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Summary: No one to root for in this book
Review: I read this book several years ago and found it nothing more than something to read on the subway going to work. I found Sherri whiny and very annoying - she seemed to have no self esteem of her own without a man. Neither did I like her rich, spoiled friends and their antics! In my opinion, there was no in particularly likable in this book - not even Philip.

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Summary: No one to root for in this book
Review: I read this book several years ago and found it nothing more than something to read on the subway going to work. I found Sherri whiny and very annoying - she seemed to have no self esteem of her own without a man. Neither did I like her rich, spoiled friends and their antics! In my opinion, there was no in particularly likable in this book - not even Philip.

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Summary: Bunch of lies...I was there
Review: I worked for Philip Hehmeyer during the late 70's till his death. Sherri Daley was a non-factor. Hehmeyer dated many women. Daley was one of many...big deal. She made money off a dead man. How impressive.

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Summary: Bunch of lies...I was there
Review: Please don't pass this book by. It is a true story about Sherri, woman who falls in the love with Philip, the head of the powerful Cotton Exchange. Set in late 1970's/early 1980's Manhattan, High Cotton offers a wonderful romance that is overshadowed by Philip's workaholic/hard partying ways and his rollercoaster ride with Wall Street. It is beautifully written, often hiliarious and truly heartbreaking. In the end, Sherri emerges triumphant as a successful marathon runner and single mom. Yet, you sense that she has never forgotton Philip.

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Summary: The Accidental Self Help Book
Review: This book contains valuable lessons for young women and men. The characters are compelling and the story is memorable, but this book is really about the high price one pays for emotional dependency. Philip depended upon his career and his money. Philip was unable to escape his personal emptiness after the career disappeared and took the money with it. Sherri was nearly destroyed when Philip abruptly dropped her after a wild, brief romance. She was forced to learn the difference between love and dependency, and that no one else can fill the emptiness within. These mistakes are made by millions of people every day. Young people who read and reflect can spare themselves by learning from the mistakes of others.