Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family
- ISBN-10
- 1493016717
- ISBN-13
- 9781493016716
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 361
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-12-02
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Authors
- Amber Hunt, David Batcher
Description
The Kennedys endure as American icons because of the mix between power and vulnerability that so many of them embodied. Our fascination and connection to them comes most strongly through the wives, whose pain, heartbreak, and grief seemed immensely public and lonely and personal at the same time. The Tragic Lives of the Kennedy Wives examines five of the Kennedy matriarchs: Rose, Jackie, Ethel, Joan, and Vicki through the lens of their marriages, their religion, their families, their activism and most of all, their tragedies. An important and fascinating exploration into the side of Camelot that was never quite kept from the public eye.
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