| Subject: Re: Books about the Kennedy Family OMG *Whew* !!! |
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Morgana
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Date Posted: 21:30:44 03/12/05 Sat
In reply to:
Nettie
's message, "Re: Books about the Kennedy Family OMG *Whew* !!!" on 14:35:06 03/12/05 Sat
Yes, The Other Mrs. Kennedy is pretty awful. Not only is it poorly written (I remember one sentence begins something like "Halloween that year, which fell on Friday, October 31..."), it's poorly researched. Half his sources are anonymous, and the other half are all revealed at some point in the book to hold some sort of grudge against Ethel or the Kennedys. Not a single Kennedy is quoted, save for previously published material, which gives for a pretty one-dimensional account. I came away from it feeling very angry -- I know Ethel has a reputation for being stuck up or "difficult" at times, but this borders on absurd, pure revisionist history -- even the tabloids are nicer.
Oh, and BTW, for whoever mentioned it, unless there's a paperback edition showing otherwise, Jackie is not on the cover.
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