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Fairy Tale Interrupted: What JFK Jr. Taught Me About Life, Love, and Loss
by RoseMarie Terenzio
I first wrote and posted this review on July 18, 2019 on Facebook.
It has been 20 years since the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife and sister-in-law. So much about them is in the current news.
Admittedly, I was feeling nostalgic…and, as a self-admitted Kennedy family fangirl, I am one of those people who has long been fascinated by the Kennedy mystique.
This is how I became interested in reading this story from John Jr.’s personal assistant during the time he had the magazine George.
I was curious about what she had to say, and the unlikely friendship between them during her tenure.
Unfortunately, I was very disappointed by this book.
It was very boring, lacked any real depth or insight into the lives of John Jr or his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
The worst part of this book is her treatment of Kennedy's death.
In the work of talented authors, you can come to care for the most unlikely of characters and weep at their cruel fate. Not so here.
Her treatment is entirely about how his death, the death of his wife & sister-in-law affected her.
Granted it is her story, but it just didn't feel comfortable reading it.
Her descriptions of answering the phone, sorting clothing, and above all moving on and trying to make a buck out of her past relationship with John Jr. felt shallow.
Meanwhile she is trying too hard to convince us that she is a good & worthy person.
I recommend you pass on this one.
It has been 20 years since the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his wife and sister-in-law. So much about them is in the current news.
Admittedly, I was feeling nostalgic…and, as a self-admitted Kennedy family fangirl, I am one of those people who has long been fascinated by the Kennedy mystique.
This is how I became interested in reading this story from John Jr.’s personal assistant during the time he had the magazine George.
I was curious about what she had to say, and the unlikely friendship between them during her tenure.
Unfortunately, I was very disappointed by this book.
It was very boring, lacked any real depth or insight into the lives of John Jr or his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
The worst part of this book is her treatment of Kennedy's death.
In the work of talented authors, you can come to care for the most unlikely of characters and weep at their cruel fate. Not so here.
Her treatment is entirely about how his death, the death of his wife & sister-in-law affected her.
Granted it is her story, but it just didn't feel comfortable reading it.
Her descriptions of answering the phone, sorting clothing, and above all moving on and trying to make a buck out of her past relationship with John Jr. felt shallow.
Meanwhile she is trying too hard to convince us that she is a good & worthy person.
I recommend you pass on this one.