Rose Kennedy
Subtitle: the life and times of a political matriarch
By: Barbara A. Perry
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780393068955
Subjects: Mothers of presidents; Biography
Description: Describes the life of the Kennedy family matriarch using information culled from her newly-made-public diaries and letters from defying her father's wishes and marrying Joseph Kennedy through the crushing tragedies that seem to plague her extensive family.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-376) and index.
Table of contents: title: Honey Fitz's daughter; title: "Your obedient child"; title: Joe's wife; title: Mother of nine; title: Mater admirabilis; title: Ambassadress extraordinaire; title: Pluperfect Rose; title: Gold Star Mother; title: Matriarch of a political dynasty; title: Mother of the President; title: Mater Dolorosa; title: Stabat Mater; title: Times remembered.