Ebook: The Kennedy wives: triumph and tragedy in America's most public family

Thestory of five remarkable women at the heart of America's royal family: Rose, the steely matriarch eho counted among her nine children three senators, an attorney general, and a president; Jackie, whose beauty and style transfixed the world, and whose grace ion the face of tragedy would inspire it; Ethel, an irrepressible prankster whose fierce competitiveness and hyper-fertility would exemplify the vifor of the Kennedy clan; Joan, the blonde bombshell whose struggles with alcoholism and a cheating husband were played out under the media's pitiless gaze; and Vicki. a powerful litigator, a Catholic feminist, and the woman who turned Ted around. They are bound together by their marriages to powerful men, membership in one of the world's richest families, and by the many tragedies the Kennedys have survived. Yet these women are united also by their strength of character, force of personality, and intelligence with which they wielded their unmistakable power"--Publisher's description.;Part I. Rose. From the cradle -- Between Joe and Honey Fitz -- Nine little helpless infants -- Leaving Boston -- Ambassadress -- Rosemary -- The marchioness and the war heroes -- Accolades, weddings, births, victories -- The First Mother -- "We all shall be happy together" -- On destiny -- Part II. Ethel. A love story, with detours -- The rise of the Skakels -- The girl with the red convertible -- Manhattanville -- Bobby's wife -- First births, first deaths -- Hickory Hill -- A tidal wave -- Run, Bobby, run -- A tremendous amount of presence -- Still herself -- Part III. Jackie. Black Jack and Janet -- That damn Vassar -- The career woman and the distinguished gentleman -- A sporadic courtship, a celebrity wedding -- Jack's dark side -- The senator's wife -- The campaigner -- The queen of the restoration -- Life at the White House, and away -- Patrick -- Dallas -- Aftermath -- The many lives of Jackie Kennedy -- Part IV. Joan. The music -- Marrying the Kennedys -- Campaigning with the Kennedys -- Catching up -- The supportive wife -- The prettiest stand-in -- "Nobody, nothing" -- Chappaquiddick -- "The beginning of the end" -- Still a Kennedy -- Part V. Vicki. A different type -- The womanizing ends -- Battling Romney -- New kind of Kennedy -- Time to sail -- To the grave.