the saga of an American family
A portrait of the women of the Kennedy family. Includes a family tree for ten generations of Kennedys. Starts with the first Kennedy woman, Bridget Murphy, who married Patrick Kennedy in 1849. Includes stories about Kathleen, the prewar England debutante; Rosemary, the mildly retarded daughter of Joe Kennedy; Joan, who had a tumultuous relationship with husband Ted; Jackie, wife of president John F. Kennedy who once contemplated divorce; and Carline Kennedy, who found her cousin dead from an overdose.
