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Jean Kennedy Smith (1928–2020)

Autor de The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy

2 Obras 113 Miembros 7 Reseñas

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Jean Kennedy Smith was born on February 20, 1928, in Boston Massachusetts, to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. She is the eighth of their nine children. Her siblings include President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, and the founder of the Special mostrar más Olympics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. She was appointed the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland in 1993 by then President Bill Clinton. As ambassador she was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace process as President Bill Clinton's representative in Dublin. She is the founder of Very Special Arts, an internationally known non-profit dedicated to creating a society where people with disabilities can engage with the arts. She was recognized for her work with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to her by President Barack Obama in 2011. Her book, The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy, made several best seller lists in 2017. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (jfklibrary.org)

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I've always thought that reading autobiographies or memoirs by people with first-hand knowledge of the subject is better than trusting professional biographers, but this account of the Kennedy family by Jean Kennedy Smith reads more like fiction - like a fairytale! - than fact.

I realise that Jean was the last living Kennedy sibling - she died this year - when she was writing about growing up with her parents and brothers and sisters, and would naturally choose the good memories over the bad (although the last chapter reads like an obituary column), but come on! Joe and Rose never argued and Rose was a devoted mother? We all know about her filing card system, but even Jean acknowledges the team of Irish nannies who 'took charge of diaper changing, bottle washing, pram pushing, ear scrubbing and meal planning'. And Jack famously complained that his mother never held him as a child. The truth will out, however, and Jean also paints a picture of a mother who made siblings correct each other's behaviour ('Bobby, look at Jean. Perhaps you could remind her very nicely that lipstick does not go all over the face') and a father who ordered his own favourite meal - roast beef and Yorkshires - for the whole family on the rare occasion they went out for a meal.

I'm sure the Kennedys loved each other, but we all know far too much about them now for this cute little collection of anecdotes to tell us anything new. Also, there isn't enough about Jack!
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AdonisGuilfoyle | 6 reseñas más. | Oct 4, 2020 |
This was a perfectly delightful read. As a descendant of one of the most famous American families, the author tells us what it was like to grow up in it. Don't expect any scandalous revelations here. It's a fluff piece that works brilliantly, evoking a time long gone by. Jean Kennedy Smith speaks lovingly about her parents and siblings, and details her formative relationships with each one. It's a breezy summery book, fascinating for any fan of the Kennedy family.
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briandrewz | 6 reseñas más. | Oct 7, 2019 |
There's a sucker born every minute, and when it comes to the Kennedy family, that sucker is me. This isn't a bad book, it wafts over details of a much more interesting life than the author would have you believe. It's the sort of book a grandmother would write for her grandchildren: sunshine, flowers, and childhood perfection. I can't exactly fault it for that, and I wasn't really looking for salacious details, but a more completely picture would have been much more interesting.
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CatherineBurkeHines | 6 reseñas más. | Nov 28, 2018 |

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