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[vc_row content_placement=”middle” css_animation=”none” el_id=”logo”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1712670818378{padding-left: 45px !important;}” el_id=”titlePage”]JTNDaW1nJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZjYXRoeXBhdHRhcC5jb20lMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMjQlMkYwMyUyRmNhdGh5LXBhdHRhcC5wbmclMjIlM0UlMEE=[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”112″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” css=”.vc_custom_1712671113085{padding-right: 30px !important;}” el_id=”LogoPage”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_height=”yes” columns_placement=”bottom” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1711125779475{background-image: url(https:\/\/cathypattap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cathy-P-Site-Images-Hero.jpg?id=14) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_id=”hero”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1709928119106{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_row_inner el_class=”fullWidth”][vc_column_inner el_class=”paddingHero” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1710179898151{padding-top: 28px !important;padding-right: 59px !important;padding-bottom: 29px !important;padding-left: 59px !important;background-color: #31192b !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The inspiration behind the HBO Max
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\nco-executive produced by Cathy Patttap” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:33|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:46px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1709921841461{padding-top: 102px !important;padding-bottom: 115px !important;}” el_class=”widthSecondary about”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1709921633360{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”About Cathy” font_container=”tag:h1|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%2397004f|line_height:16px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1712241537550{margin-bottom: 38px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”jost semi”][vc_custom_heading text=”Cathy Pattap is a writer and English teacher originally from Columbus, OH. She received her BA in English from Emory University in 2004 and her MA from New York University in 2006. She was the co-executive producer of the HBO Max scripted limited series formerly in development based on Beatrice’s War. She has written for Bloomberg Businessweek, and she has worked the writing desk at CNN. A strong and comfortable speaker, she has been quoted in major outlets including NPR, Forbes, Bloomberg News, The Columbus Dispatch, Columbus Monthly, Financial Planning, and dozens of podcasts such as Criminal, Friends Talk Money, A Life’s Story, and Psychology of Aging. Beatrice’s War is her first book.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:29|text_align:left|line_height:35px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”baskerville letterspacing”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” el_class=”minHeightSection firstImage” css=”.vc_custom_1711119029183{background-color: #97004f !important;}”][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1711125536359{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/cathypattap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cathy-P-Site-Images-About.jpg?id=45) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1711118677385{padding-right: 75px !important;padding-left: 75px !important;}” el_class=”paddingCols”][vc_custom_heading text=”\u201cCathy has a profound talent for storytelling. I’ve always admired her keen eye and endless appetite to examine the intricate complexities that make us all human.\u201d” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:41|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:50px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]Ali Soufan, author of The New York Times bestseller The Black Banners and former FBI Supervisory Special Agent[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1710179526290{background-color: #aa9d25 !important;}” el_class=”minHeightSection SecondImage”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1710177791467{padding-right: 86px !important;padding-left: 86px !important;}” el_class=”paddingCols”][vc_custom_heading text=”\u201cThis is a remarkable story: a feisty matriarch fleeced and abused by her grandsons; a storied dynasty splintering into dysfunction; a granddaughter getting involved from far away and coming to terms with her own history; and a financial giant exposed in all its slimy greed. Cathy Pattap has written a compelling narrative that you will not want to stop reading.\u201d” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:36|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:43px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]Mark Bauerlein, bestselling author of The Dumbest Generation[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1711125574345{background-image: url(https:\/\/cathypattap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cathy-P-Site-Images-Cover.jpg?id=56) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1709925003674{padding-top: 62px !important;padding-bottom: 53px !important;}” el_class=”widthSecondary”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1709924410494{padding-right: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Beatrice\u2019s War” font_container=”tag:div|font_size:16|text_align:left|color:%2397004f” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1711115347737{margin-bottom: 38px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}” el_class=”jost semi”][vc_custom_heading text=”Beatrice\u2019s War: A Fractured Family Dynasty. Elder Abuse.
\nMillions in Financial Fraud.” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:33|text_align:left|line_height:39px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1711115356103{padding-right: 53px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Ninety-seven-year-old Beatrice Donivan\u2019s legal victory against the biggest bank in the world, T.J. Goodman, and two of her own grandsons made financial headlines around the globe.
\nNow, Beatrice’s granddaughter Cathy reveals that her cousins’ crimes were not merely financial, but also deeply personal–and all too common.” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20|text_align:left|line_height:25px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1711115366896{padding-right: 53px !important;}” el_class=”jost light custompText”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”customp”]Beatrice’s War is a story of defiance in a world that wishes to see you shrink away and warns readers of the real and irreversible consequences of elder abuse, financial fraud, and how family money can sow the seeds of generational conflict.<\/p>\n

This book offers a rare and unflinching look at the fiercely private Donivan clan, one of America’s most influential and philanthropic families. It’s a story about how money can tear a family apart and about the multigenerational roots of the entitlement that allowed Beatrice\u2019s grandsons to justify fraud and deceit.<\/p>\n

In 2020, then 94-year-old Beatrice Donivan, the matriarch of the Donivan oil dynasty, was cross-examined for more than eleven hours in a financial industry arbitration that captured media attention worldwide. Beatrice sought restitution for unauthorized trading by her financial advisor grandsons and accused them of abusing their fiduciary duty, making fraudulent misrepresentations, and elder abuse. In 2021, the final binding decision and $19 million award made seismic headlines, but few people knew the inside story of what Beatrice had endured.<\/p>\n

In a candid narrative that reaches beyond Michael and Roy Donivan\u2019s crimes, Beatrice\u2019s granddaughter Cathy details the warning signs of elder abuse and wrestles with the origins of family dysfunction and betrayal–all while weaving together a powerful and detailed story that captures and honors her grandmother’s legacy.<\/p>\n

Inspired by a true story, it’s a timely and important book, shining a bright light on what even the most vulnerable can accomplish when refusing to be intimidated or governed by fear.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1710179492459{background-color: #3b5366 !important;}” el_class=”minHeightSection lastImage”][vc_column css_animation=”fadeIn” width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1711125590795{background-image: url(https:\/\/cathypattap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Cathy-P-Site-Images-Contact.jpg?id=65) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1710179013705{padding-right: 101px !important;padding-left: 101px !important;}” el_class=”colContact paddingCols”][vc_custom_heading text=”\u201cYou’re never too old to stand up for yourself and try to right an injustice.\u201d” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:41|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff|line_height:50px” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]Cathy Pattap, quoted by Bloomberg News[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” el_class=”bottom infoSeccion customp”]<\/p>\n

Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cathy Pattap is available for media interviews and speaking engagements. Please email or call:<\/p>\n

Sam Mitchell
\nHilsinger-Mendelson Inc.
\nsmitchell@hmieast.com<\/a>
\n646-784-4080<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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