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Ask not : the Kennedys and the women they destroyed
Callahan, Maureen (Journalist)2024
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Click and Collect for Ask not : the Kennedys and the women they destroyedFor decades, the Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealth, power, and-above all else-integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the Kennedy men's legacy of physical and psychological abuse of women, part of a tradition of toxic masculinity that spans generations and has ruined untold lives. Through scandal after scandal, the family and their defenders have managed to keep this shameful story out of the spotlight. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys' hidden history of abuse and exploitation, laying bare their rampant misogyny and restoring women to the centre of the dynasty's story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Mary Richardson, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names aren't nearly as well known - but rightfully should be. Drawing on years of fierce reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled American family, showing how the Kennedy myth and their raw political power has enabled the clan's many predators while also silencing generations of traumatized women and girls. At long last, Callahan also redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys' orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves-and giving voice to the countless others who could not do the same.
Main title:
Ask not : the Kennedys and the women they destroyed / Maureen Callahan.
Author:
Callahan, Maureen (Journalist), author
Imprint:
London : Mudlark, 2024.©2024
Collation:
xvii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 2 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008473259978000847325997800084732599780008473259978000847325997800084732599780008473242
Dewey class:
973.922
Language:
English
Subject:
Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962Kopechne, Mary Jo, 1940-1969Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette, 1966-1999Kennedy familyPoliticians' spouses -- United States -- BiographyPoliticians -- Family relationships -- United StatesPoliticians -- United States -- BiographyTrue crime storiesBiographies
BRN:
564931
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 973.922 KEN | Onloan - Due: 02 Oct 2024 |
Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 973.922 KEN | Onloan - Due: 12 Oct 2024 |
Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 973.922 CAL | Onloan - Due: 08 Oct 2024 |
Sandringham Library | Non Fiction | 973.922 | On order |
Sandringham Library | Non Fiction | 973.922 | On order |
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