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Ask Not
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed | Maureen Callahan
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From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a "harrowing, incendiary" expos of the real Kennedy Cursethe familys generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem (Karen Abbott). "The must-read book of the summer" Megyn Kelly The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, andabove all elseintegrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the pattern of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girls, leaving a trail of ruin and death in each generations wake. Through decades of scandal after scandalfrom sexual assaults to reputational slander, suicides to manslaughterthe family and their defenders have kept the Kennedy brand intact. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys hidden history of violence and exploitation, laying bare their unrepentant sexism and rampant depravity while also restoring these women and girls to their rightful place at the center of the dynastys story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Martha Moxley, Mary Jo Kopechne, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names arent nearly as well known but should be. Drawing on years of explosive reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled family and a consequential part of American history that is still very much with us. At long last, Callahan redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves and giving voice to those who, through no fault of their own, could not. One of Town & Countrys Must-Read Books of Summer 2024
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ClairesReads
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Very interesting to read a hot take on the Kennedys that doesn‘t deify them. This story of the womanising, misogynistic, side of Kennedy privilege is grim reading, and when narrated cumulatively like this is shocking although nothing here is especially novel or new information. My only critique of this book is that I found the structure a little scattered.

DogMomIrene I read her book American Predator as an audiobook and she jumped around with the killer‘s timeline, which was hard to follow. But the actual story was fascinating. Stacking this one because sounds really good, but I‘ll go with print. 2w
ClairesReads @DogMomIrene a good point! I didn‘t notice that about American Predator but I read it in print so that might be why! Definitely worth reading this 1w
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Caroline2 I got this one too. 👍 1mo
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A family of philandering men and their conveyer belt of women, disgustingly passing them around, enabling one another, deeply gaslighting. Jackie, Marilyn, Carolyn, among many, many others. Very cringey information. Journalist Maureen Callahan has impressed me again! If you haven‘t read American Predator, you must.

kspenmoll My husband & I have been watching a President kennedy bio on History channel-it‘s quite good. His “women” so far are only alluded to in passing… the books you are posting I plan to look for at the library. 1mo
britt_brooke @kspenmoll He had many. 😅 1mo
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Haven‘t read a book this good in a looong time. It definitely shifted my perspective and made me cry (which is rare for a nonfiction read). Will be recommending this for sure! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

MonicaLoves2Read I have this on hold through Libby App 3mo
EKonrad @Monica5 Hope you like it as much as I did! 3mo
britt_brooke Reading this now! 2mo
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Yup, the Kennedy men are roundly horrible yet continue to fail upward.

She focuses on Jackie (JFK), Marilyn (JFK, RFK), Carolyn (JFK, Jr.), Mary (RFK, Jr.) Mary Jo (Teddy - horrifying!), and Joan (Teddy) along with a few lesser-known ones. Just a pattern of excused recklessness and unaccountability. We need to continue to do better demanding people - no matter their station - be held accountable for their behavior.

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