Ask Not: The Kennedys And The Women They Destroyed

The No1 Sunday Times Bestsellera Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024A Mail On Sunday Best Holiday Read 2024A Searing Expos GlamourA Timely Reminder Of The Dangers Posed By Men Who Crave Power Observerfrom New York Times Bestseller Maureen Callahan, A Fierce, CharacterDriven Expos Of The Real Kennedy CurseThe FamilyS GenerationsLong Legacy Of Misogyny, Murder, And MayhemAnd The Women Who Have Paid The Price For Our Obsession With Camelot.For Decades, The Kennedy Name Has Been Synonymous With Wealth, Power, AndAbove All ElseIntegrity. But This Carefully Constructed Veneer Hides A Dark Truth: The Kennedy MenS 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 Center Of The DynastyS Story: From Jacqueline Onassis And Marilyn Monroe To Carolyn Bessette, Mary Richardson, Rosemary Kennedy, And Many Others Whose Names ArenT Nearly As Well Known But Rightfully Should Be.Drawing On Years Of Fierce Reportage And Written In Electric Prose, Ask Not Is A LongOverdue Reckoning With This Fabled American Family, Showing How The Kennedy Myth And Their Raw Political Power Has Enabled The ClanS 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 ThemselvesAnd Giving Voice To The Countless Others Who Could Not Do The Same.