Rosemary’s true end belies the Kennedy version, that Rosemary went off to live a private life teaching mentally impaired children. The rest of the women in this book suffered similar false codas, written by the Kennedys or their enablers, in ways that invariably blame them. These are false endings full of slander, misogyny, and character assassination, and they have wrought untold collateral damage, not just for the victims and their families but for all of us. These women’s real endings are not always happy. But they are true. And therein lies their power.
