Notable Reactions To The Snowball
The Snowball was published September 29, 2008 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly lists of hardcover nonfiction best-sellers. New York Times reviewer Janet Maslin called it one of her ten favorite books of 2008. Time Magazine and People also named The Snowball one of the ten best books of the year. Other notable best of the year lists on which The Snowball appeared were included those of Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, BusinessWeek, USA Today, and The Washington Post. The book was named a Top 100 Editor’s Pick, the #1 business and investing book, and one of the five best biographies of the year by Amazon.com editors.
After the book’s publication, Buffett reportedly stopped speaking to Schroeder, displeased with his portrayal in the book. He canceled the yearly dinner Schroeder hosted in Omaha at which she interviewed him before several hundred people. In a New Republic cover story, author Michael Lewis wrote that Schroeder fit neatly into a pattern in which Buffett brought “attractive, intelligent women” into his life, but unlike the rest Schroeder had failed to “shelter and protect” Buffett.
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