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Monumental in scope and extraordinary in sensitivity, The Kennedy Women chronicles five matrilineal generations in our nation's premier political dynasty. Not merely distinguished cultural history, it is a story of epic sweep, brimming with triumph and tragedy, courage and compliance, self-sacrifice and self-delusion.
Moving from steerage on an immigrant vessel to the slums of Boston, from the Court of St. James's to the White House and beyond, The Kennedy Women paints startling, in-depth portraits of the mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters who stood beside some of the most dynamic men of the twentieth century through occasions of great opulence and heartbreak, victory and scandal. Among its revelations: how Rose's marriage almost ended on her wedding day; the poignantly detailed life stories of mentally challenged Rosemary and the glorious, lost Kathleen; Jackie's near death in the weeks before the inauguration; Eunice's struggle, despite chronic illness, to build the Special Olympics; a long-guarded account of Rose's response to Chappaquiddick; Jean Kennedy Smith's and the family's private reactions to the William Kennedy Smith rape charges; Jackie's gallant battle to live and die with dignity and privacy; and the unique challenges and pressures confronting future Kennedy matriarchs Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Maria Shriver Schwarzenegger, Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Rory Kennedy.
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The Kennedy Women
September 1998, Media Books Llc
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The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
September 29, 1996, Ballantine Books
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The Kennedy Women
July 9, 1996, Random House Value Publishing
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The Kennedy Women
August 3, 1995, Bantam Books Ltd
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Gannaidi jia zu chuan qi: hao men nü xing de ai hen bei xi = The Kennedy women : the saga of an American family
1995, Yue dan chu ban she gu fen you xian gong si
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Kennedy women: the triumph and tragedy of America's first family
1995, Bantam, Transworld Publishers Ltd
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The Kennedy women: the triumph and tragedy of America's first family.
1994, Bantam
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The Kennedy women: the saga of an American family
1994, Villard Books
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"THE TINY, gnarled figure of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy sat in a wheelchair behind a shuttered window looking down on the 370 people gathered below to celebrate her one hundredth birthday in July of 1990."
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