false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175534970m/524665.jpg 524665 7 "A FRESH AND UNVARNISHED PORTRAIT OF A FASCINATING, TALENTED, AND DEEPLY FLAWED FAMILY."<br>&#8212;Boston Herald<br><br>Laurence Leamer was granted unheralded access to private Kennedy papers, and he interviewed family and old friends, many of whom had never been interviewed before, for this incredible portrait of the women in America&#8217;s "royal family." From Bridget Murphy, the foremother who touched shore at East Boston in 1849, to the intelligent, independent Kennedy women of today, Laurence Leamer tells their unforgettable stories.<br><br>Here are the private thoughts of Kathleen, the flirtatious debutante in prewar England . . . the truth behind Joe Kennedy&#8217;s insistence that his mildly retarded daughter, Rosemary, be lobotomized . . . the real story behind Joan and Ted&#8217;s whirlwind romance . . . Jackie&#8217;s desire for a divorce from JFK in the 1950s . . . Pat Lawford&#8217;s disastrous Hollywood marriage . . . how Caroline discovered her cousin David&#8217;s death by overdose, and more.<br><br>Tough enough to withstand the unimaginable, these Kennedy women soldier on in the name of their extraordinary family and what they believe is right.<br><br>"MASTERFUL . . . AN ENDLESSLY FASCINATING READ . . . A wealth of beautifully rendered social detail, at times reading like a realist novel by Edith Wharton . . . [A] page-turner from start to finish."<br>&#8212;The Dallas Morning News 832300 1994 The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family total:190|5:48|4:78|3:57|2:6|1:1| 190 736 303 35 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:15:16 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:15:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 19:39:12 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 18:10:51 -0700 2009
I finally finished it, took me almost a month to read, not because it was a hard book to read, just the opposite. It was a very good book, just its size was a drawback for me. So I settled that by sitting on the deck and reading at the table.

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