The Kennedy wives
Subtitle: triumph and tragedy in America's most public family
By: Amber Hunt and David Batcher
Contributors: Batcher, David, author
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780762796342
Description: THE KENNEDY WIVES takes an unflinching look at the women who married into the Kennedy family and their distinct roles. Rose, the matriarch; Ethel, the athlete; Jackie, the icon; Joan, the fragile beauty; and Vicki, the redeemer. In reality, each woman was complex and multifaceted. As Kennedy wives, they were bonded through characteristics and experiences unique to the Camelot family. The Kennedy Wives is an exploration of these women that will offer what no other book or film created thus far has: a thoughtful analysis of what drew the Kennedy men to these iconic women, and what the women endured in exchange for their acceptance into the Camelot clan.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Rose; title: From the cradle; title: Between Joe and Honey Fitz; title: Nine little helpless infants; title: Leaving Boston; title: Ambassadress; title: Rosemary; title: The marchioness and the war heroes; title: Accolades, weddings, births, victories; title: The First Mother; title: "We shall all be happy together"; title: On destiny; title: Part II. Ethel; title: A love story, with detours; title: The rise of the Skakels; title: The girl with the red convertible; title: Manhattanville; title: Bobby's wife; title: First births, first deaths; title: Hickory Hill; title: A tidal wave; title: Run, Bobby, run; title: A tremendous amount of presence; title: Still herself; title: Part III. Jackie; title: Black Jack and Janet; title: That damn Vassar; title: The career woman and the distinguished gentleman; title: A sporadic courtship, a celebrity wedding; title: Jack's dark side; title: The senator's wife; title: The campaigner; title: The queen of the restoration; title: Life at the White House, and away; title: Patrick; title: Dallas; title: Aftermath; title: The many lives of Jackie Kennedy; title: Part IV. Joan; title: The music; title: Marrying the Kennedys; title: Campaigning with the Kennedys; title: Catching up; title: The supportive wife; title: The prettiest stand-in; title: Nobody, nothing; title: Chappaquiddick; title: "The beginning of the end"; title: Still a Kennedy; title: Part V. Vicki; title: A different type; title: The womanizing ends; title: Battling Romney; title: New kind of Kennedy; title: Time to sail; title: To the grave.