About this book

The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation.

Subjects

  • biography
  • family relations
  • history, 20th century
  • institutionalization
  • intellectual disability
  • kennedy family
  • mentally disabled persons
  • new york times bestseller
  • new york times reviewed
  • nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2015-10-25
  • people with mental disabilities
  • psychosurgery