Hoover sucks?
The estranged sister of socialite literary darling Sarah Hoover says she wants her to be “held accountable” after Hoover allegedly used private details about her child’s still birth in her buzzy new book “The Motherload” — even though the grieving mother specifically asked her not to.
She also claims Hoover made up “lies” about the tragedy in the book, which was published in January to much acclaim.
A publicist for Hoover, the wife of art star Tom Sachs, told Page Six that they wouldn’t comment on the dispute because it’s “a family matter,” and said only: “As a memoirist, Sarah writes from her memory and her lived experience.”
They directed us to the publisher, Simon Element, which did not respond to our requests for comment.
In a Reddit post apparently written by the author’s sister in a community with 4.5million members, the sister called out the book by name.
She said that Hoover first revealed the details about her 2016 stillbirth in an article in an “internationally read magazine” (which turns out to be Vogue), adding that the betrayal lead her to “an emotional breakdown.”
“It was the idea that all these strangers were reading about my private life and had access to information that I would never have shared with them,” she wrote.
Hoover’s sister claimed that her sister apologized and promised “that she would ask my permission if she were ever to write about our overlapping experience again.”
But then an expanded, agonizing retelling of story appeared over three pages in the hit book, which mostly address’s Hoover’s own post-partum depression and was covered by everything from Vogue to Psychology Today, to Harper’s Bazaar, the New York Times and the “Today” show.
The sister also claims Hoover “lied” about having held her son in the hospital.
“While I was very out of it emotionally [after the birth], I am certain to the point where I would die on the hill that she never held my son,” her sister writes.
The sister says in the post that the publication of the book has destroyed their once-close relationship, adding: “My personal sense of morality is literally screaming for consequences [for Hoover’s actions].”
Hoover and Sachs were previously the subject of a minor internet scandal when they were identified as the the couple behind what was dubbed “the worst art job listing ever created.”
The listing in question was for a assistant who would serve “as the central point of communication to household staff (including chef, nannies, landscapers, dog walkers, housekeeper, contractors, and building managers),” as well as babysitting the couple’s child, picking up clothes from “high end” stores, and “apartment rooftop garden maintenance.” It also demanded what was oddly referred to as maintaining “dog systems” for “potty breaks, food, day care, dog walkers, vet appts.”
The infamous listing said the the candidate had to be, “flexible to be on-call outside of the 10am-6pm workday,” and would have to “answer messages and take care of tasks before and after work, as well as occasionally on weekends,” all for “$65,000 to $95,000.”
“The ideal candidate must be dedicated to a simple goal: make life easier for the couple in every way possible,” said the listing.
Kaitlin Phillips’ Gift Guide newsletter first surfaced the Reddit post.
We reached out to Hoover’s sister but didn’t get a response.
