Review of President's Day

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[Following is a volunteer review of "President's Day" by Stephen A. Werbel, Ph.D..]

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3 out of 4 stars

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President’s Day is a one of a kind book that leaves you guessing who the author is writing about even though you know it is a fictitious story. The events in it felt so real. It looked like a plot that was supposed to have happened but just didn’t happen.
It starts with a 90-year old woman named Sylvia Parrish, a woman with a lot of emotional baggage who finds herself in a hospital with pains all over her body but not remembering how she got there in the first place. She’s been told that she is the reason the President of her country is dead but she finds it hard to believe, although she is not in the least pained that he is gone.

Few moments after waking up, she is being visited by the FBI and CIA, and none of the accusations laid against her makes any sense. When she finally sees herself on T.V being broadcasted by several news stations as the perpetrator of the heinous crime, she understands the urgency required to recollect her lost memories. In the process, she discovers that she is roped in with international espionage, and may have committed the crime. Her likely actions which required an unusual clinical evaluation to uncover affects her country and several nations as well.


Mrs Sylvia Parrish had always been an angry woman, she was struggling with a dysfunctional marriage. But an action she can barely remember will change the course of her life forever and put her on a path of history she never dreamed she will be on, but she loved it anyway.

President’s Day takes you on a complete ride through easy-to-read cultural history, politics, comedy, clinical psychology, racial and ethnic discrimination with criminal and investigative elements alongside everyday drama, all of which I enjoyed to the fullest.

As sick as the main character-Sylvia Parrish was, I could relate to some parts of her personal experiences while growing up.


Stephen A. Werbel PhD left no stone unturned in his narrative. Aside from the fact that some lines were being used repetitively during some of the conversations in the book, thus prolonging the story unduly, I maintain that the book is an interesting read, but still gets a rating of 3 out of 4 stars.

I recommend this book to adults only, because of the serious themes being discussed. Adults who love spy novels with elements of politics, history and law will enjoy it especially.

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President's Day
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