--- title: Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Ivanka, Donald Jr. and Eric description: Donald Trump's first ex-wife, Ivana, is writing a book called 'Raising Trump' about how she raised Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka canonical: https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-15T20:39:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:51:36.963Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Raising Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka og:description: “Every day, people ask me how I raised such great kids" og:url: https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a6a3edbb9c27ce/6988be92ab6d775af16ad3d1/ivana-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Raising Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka twitter:description: “Every day, people ask me how I raised such great kids" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a6a3edbb9c27ce/6988be92ab6d775af16ad3d1/ivana-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Raising Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 15, 2017 8:39 PM CUT  Ivana Trump attends the 9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner at Trump National Golf Club Westchester on September 21, 2015 in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Ivana Trump attends the 9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner at Trump National Golf Club Westchester on September 21, 2015 in Briarcliff Manor, New York.Grant Lamos IV—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 15, 2017 8:39 PM CUT [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4701975/how-much-president-trump-paid-in-taxes/ "undefined")‘s first ex-wife, [Ivana](http://time.com/4280485/ivana-donald-trump-campaign/ "undefined"), is writing a book called [_Raising Trump_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501177281/?tag=timecom-20 "undefined") about how she raised Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka, her publisher announced Wednesday. “Every day, people ask me how I raised such great kids,” Ivana Trump wrote in a statement. “They are truly amazed when I tell them that there was no magic to their upbringing. I was a tough and loving mother who taught them the value of a dollar, not to lie, cheat or steal, respect for others, and other life lessons that I’ll share now in _Raising Trump_, along with unfiltered personal stories about Don, Eric, and Ivanka from their early childhood to becoming the ‘first sons and daughter.’” [Simon & Schuster](http://motto.time.com/4676826/roxane-gay-milo-yiannopoulos-simon-schuster/ "undefined") imprint Gallery Books plans to publish _Raising Trump_ on Sept. 12. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/"},"headline":"Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Raising Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka","datePublished":"2017-03-15T20:39:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:51:36.963Z","description":"“Every day, people ask me how I raised such great kids\"","url":"https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/","keywords":["Books","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a6a3edbb9c27ce/6988be92ab6d775af16ad3d1/ivana-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a6a3edbb9c27ce/6988be92ab6d775af16ad3d1/ivana-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner","caption":"9th Annual Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational Auction & Dinner","creditText":"Grant Lamos IV—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4702933/ivana-trump-book/","name":"Ivana Trump Is Writing a Book on Raising Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka"}}]}] ```