The Kennedy Wives, Amber Hunt
The Kennedy Wives, Amber Hunt
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The Kennedy Wives
Triumph and Tragedy in America’s Most Public Family

Author: Amber Hunt, David Batcher

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/19/2016


Synopsis

The Kennedy wives saw history up close—made history in some cases. They knew wealth and privilege but we are bonded to them by loss which are our losses too. The Kennedy women—fierce, intelligent, and very private—belong to us. Not because of their glamour, but because of their grief and misfortunes.

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.

About Amber Hunt

Amber Hunt is a seasoned journalist who handles investigations and consumer affairs issues for the Cincinnati Enquirer. She formerly worked as a crime reporter for the Detroit Free Press and was a 2011 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, where she studied the importance of empathy in urban crime reporting. She has received numerous awards for her reporting from the Michigan Associated Press and won the 2005 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting.


Reviews

The Kennedy Wives is a biographical book about the five Kennedy women that were married to Joe, Jack, Bobby and Edward Kennedy. Every woman gets her own chapter and in the chapters, their lives are described from their childhood to how they met their husband and how their lives turned out. For me, t......more

Goodreads review by Judy

A special thank you to Rowman & Littlefield and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. A remarkable book and a captivating family of five distinct and inspiring women, The Kennedy Wives, "the woman behind each man". Each of these five special and unique women- an integral part of our......more

Goodreads review by Cathryn

It’s one thing to be born a Kennedy. It’s quite another to marry into that family—big, bold, athletic, raucous, competitive, and rich. (Very, very rich.) This is the story of five of the women who did just that. And while each is quite different from the others, they share one common trait: Marrying......more