The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family

New York: Villard Books, 1994. First Edition. Fifth printing [stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. [20], 933, [5] pages. Genealogical charts. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Some soiling and wear to top edge of DJ. Pencil erasure residue on fep. Covers five matrilineal lines of the powerful Kennedy family. Laurence Leamer (born October 30, 1941) is a best-selling author and journalist. Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University. He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family and has appeared in numerous media outlets discussing American politics. Leamer has also written best-selling biographies of other American icons, including Johnny Carson, the Reagan family, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the period following the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Leamer served as the on-air consultant for MSNBC's coverage of the plane crash and subsequent funeral. He again served as a consultant during the coverage of former President Ronald Reagan's funeral. Derived from a Kirkus review: Another Kennedy family saga, this one focusing on the women. From Rose, who married Bridget's grandson, Joe, to some two dozen grandchildren, author Leamer tells a story that is as sad as it is tragic, with Rose as its center. In the grip of the Roman Catholic Church--which saw the role of a woman as mother and moral center--Rose changed from an ambitious, lively, curious girl to a wife and mother whose emotions were rigidly controlled and whose mechanisms of denial so highly refined that she could accept her husband's lovers into her home. Kathleen is captured as the American who enchanted English society until her death in a plane crash; Eunice as the most successful in building a life of her own. The prickly paths of the daughters-in-law--Jackie, Joan, and Ethel--are included here as well. By ferreting out new sources and new material and putting them into a broader social context, Leamer gives a clearer picture of what it means to be a Kennedy woman. Condition: Very good / Very good.

Keywords: Jacqueline Kennedy, Jacqueline Onassis, Ethel Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Presidents, Politics and Government, Maria Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, JFK, RFK, Kathleen Townsend, Peter Lawford, Eunice Shriver, Caroline Ken

ISBN: 0679428607

[Book #19888]

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