Already Carolyn was torn. John wanted her wedding party to be all Kennedys: his sister, Caroline, the maid of honor, his nieces the flower girls, his nephew the ring bearer, his cousin the best man. Didn’t that say it all? This wasn’t a joining of families. There was no room for Carolyn’s twin sisters, Lisa and Lauren, or for any of her relatives in the bridal party. Carolyn, like so many women before her, would be subsumed into the Kennedys.
