Simon & Schuster will update future versions of Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin, an anthropological study of Upper East Side parents, after reports circulated that the book contains factual errors.
According to a report in The New York Times, the publisher will edit the next edition of the book will to clarify details and the chronology in the book. Here is an excerpt from the Times:
“It is a common narrative technique in memoirs for some names, identifying characteristics and chronologies to be adjusted or disguised, and that is the case with ‘Primates of Park Avenue,’ ” said Cary Goldstein, vice president and executive director of publicity at the publisher.