A review by ptallon
Fairy Tale Interrupted: What JFK Jr. Taught Me About Life, Love, and Loss by RoseMarie Terenzio

3.0

I liked parts about this book. It gave good insight for someone like me who was only 15 when JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette died but remembers following their lives and the media attention they garnered. I remember the photograph from their wedding of them coming out of the white washed chapel and him kissing her hand as clear as day. In that sense, I do wish this book gave a little more insight into their relationship as I was lead to believe by the title. My copy did not say "What JFK Jr Taught Me.." and I can be scolded for not reading more about who wrote the book and what it was about. I would have loved some commentary about the "Brawl in the Park". I feel like RM felt a deep need to make sure they looked like American Royalty. Its totally cool if they had a rocky first year of marriage, a lot of people do and after reading what she wrote, it seems like John and (especially) Carolyn wanted to be viewed, and live, like an ordinary newly-married couple.

I also did not find RoseMarie that likable. This may be flippant to say, but one must be in love with someone or the lifestyle they lead to give up that much of their own life to become so ingratiated with another person's life like RM did with JFK Jr. I felt like saying, "Come on! Get a life! You cannot live vicariously through John and Carolyn for the rest of your life!" Regardless, I thought this book gave good insight into who JFK Jr. was as a person and how intelligent, goodhearted, and determined her really was. Will follow another reviewer's suggestion and read the book by Carole Radziwell.