
The Missing Kennedy
Rosemary Kennedy and the Secret Bonds of Four Women
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Denise Washington Blomberg
Throughout her childhood, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff frequently visited Rosemary Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy's sister. Why? Koehler-Pentacoff's aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, a Franciscan nun, was Rosemary's devoted caregiver at St. Coletta in Jefferson, Wisconsin, for 15 years and her driver and travel companion for over 30. The resulting audiobook, which will be will be the first about this mysterious Kennedy, chronicles Rosie's life along with that of the author's aunt, and delves into the similarities between the two families. It includes Kennedy quotes from the author's interviews and anecdotes about Rosemary and her famous family.
The book delves into Rosemary's misdiagnosed condition, why her father sought an experimental brain surgery for her without his wife's knowledge, how he kept this fact hidden from the rest of his family for 20 years, and what Rosemary was actually like after her lobotomy. And it will show how Rosemary was the catalyst behind the Special Olympics and related legislation from 1960 to the present.
The Kennedys considered the author's aunt to be a member of their family. Through the author's relationship with Rosemary, Sister Paulus, and her other relatives, the author discovered how family, faith, and silence intertwine to strengthen or destroy our relationships, no matter our status or circumstance in life, whether one comes from in a rich, extraordinary family or a poor, ordinary one.
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Very informative
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Most Annoying Narrator Ever
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great read I would suggest it as required
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Didn’t enjoy narrator.
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About Rosemary?
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Horrible Book
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What disappointed you about The Missing Kennedy?
This book was more about the authors family and story and very little about Rosemary Kennedy. If you took out the authors story this would have been a short story - maybe 3 pages long!Has The Missing Kennedy turned you off from other books in this genre?
noHow did the narrator detract from the book?
Very drowl tone of voice -You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
NoMissing Kennedy
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So far it is not a deeply researched book, especially if the reader already knows Rosemary’s story and the basics of mental illness. The author engages in speculation about the Kennedy family and Rosemary in order to bring them into the story and perhaps justify the book’s title. By way of example, she imagines her aunt comforting Rosemary after John Kennedy died. She uses sentences like “Eunice [Kennedy] probably thought…”. While the author reflects on her views of sex when she was younger, she wonders what Rosemary thought about these issues. These examples are not researched facts uncovered about Rosemary or the Kennedys.
The book sometimes sounds like a school book report and other times like a reading from a creative writing class. I looked up the author, and she indeed writes for children and instructs how to write for children.
I found the narrator’s cadence annoying at first, but I got accustomed to it over time. I still gave the narration 2 stars because she mispronounces places in Wisconsin like Oconomowoc, which is repeated several times. Narrators should stop and research the correct pronunciation of places before narrating a book.
Title Should Be “My Family History and Reflections on Rosemary Kennedy”
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Why is there not a photo of the nun who cared for Rosemary? Why not have a photo of the two of them together? I also have a problem with the photo that was used. This photo is pre- lobotomy, why not have a photo post-lobotomy of the time frame of when the sister was caring for Rosemary?
This book was incredibly disappointing and that it was marketed in this way is just a bait and switch on the consumer.
Not really about Rosemary, but about the nun and her family.
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Skip it
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