![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What begins as a fairly straightforward chronological account of the Kennedy family history quickly becomes something much more personal and compelling, the tale of a young woman whose increasingly volatile behavior became a liability to her politically ambitious father. The book provides a fascinating glimpse at a family whose public story was carefully cultivated and managed, one in which daughters were taught - both explicitly and by example - that women's lives should be sacrificed to those of the men around them, a dictum taken to a literal and horrible conclusion in Rosemary's case. Kate Clifford Larson's riveting new biography tells the story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest daughter of the American political dynasty, who lived a life subject to the tight and ultimately tragic control of her parents, as a result of her intellectual limitations and emotional unpredictability. ![]()
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