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Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist former foreign correspondent writing consultant and author of four books including The Mommy Brain How Motherhood Makes You Smarter The mother of two sons she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area Katherine Ellison is a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist former foreign correspondent writing consultant and author of four books including The Mommy Brain How Motherhood Makes You Smarter The mother of two sons she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area site_link She is one of the most compelling powerful and dangerous women of our time Also the most underestimated Americans know Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos as the Shoe Lady notorious for owning hundreds of pairs of designer shoes and sandals But Filipinos who knew there is much to her story called her the Steel Butterfly and you ll know why after reading this unauthorized biography by Pulitzer prize winning journalist Katherine Ellison The research here is superb the writing is gripping and graceful The Washington Post From her lonely traumatic upbringing in the remote island of Leyte Imelda rose to power after a fabled courtship with Ferdinand Marcos Supported by billions of dollars in US aid the two ruled the Philippines from 1965 1986 in an often brutal kleptocracy known as the conjugal dictatorship This engrossingly detailed biography sheds light on the Manila Washington connection Ferdinand Marcos creative diplomacy and horrific human rights abuses and Imelda s voracious US real estate purchases including New York City s Crown Building and little known role in the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Now in her 90s Imelda is head of a political dynasty centered on her son Ferdinand Jr BongBong the nation s president and remains an icon of cheerfully unrepentant greed How did the Marcos dictatorship last so long seducing so many US presidents and diplomats Find out in Steel Butterfuly of the Philippines Katherine Ellison has a reporter s zeal for finding the story within the story Her book is full of surprises David Haward Bain author of Sitting in Americans in the Philippines Read IMELDA today Imelda Steel Butterfly of the Philippines 3rd EditionAudiobook This was my first experience with Katherine Ellison s work It was a book about the life of Imelda Marcos who once was the first lady of the Philippines I was amazed at the depth and amount of research that went into this book The facts of Imelda s life were presented clearly The story was easy to follow I liked that the details were not presented in a sensationalized way Katherine Ellison s narration was fine in that her voice was easy to understand however there were a few times when she had to start a sentence or group of words over Katherine did speak a little fast and her voice had little tonal variation I was given a free copy of the audiobook and I have voluntarily posted this review which included my opinions 316 Read for the geocaching challenge This is a good read so fair play to the author I would never ordinarily have read about Imelda Marcos a figure to despise This did not alter my opinion A well shod heeled woman naked of scruples and ruthless towards her own people 316 Imelda you are a crook with good shoes 316 This is an unauthorized biography of Emelda Marcos who grew up in poverty and became the rich power behind the throne of the leader of the Philippines for many years At one time she was secretly the owner of several of the largest buildings in New York City which she called the crossroads of civilization She is often known as the owner of over a thousand pairs of shoes The story tells about her life from childhood to fame and fortune and how it all ended It was enlightening to learn so much about the Phillippines its history its politics and its interaction with so many famous Americans I learned a lot listening to this Audible production read by the author 316