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The Kennedy Baby: The Loss That Transformed JFK (2013)

by Steven Levingston(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Diversion Books

review 1: This is an excellent and incisive read. In a short time, the author shows how Kennedy evolved from leaving his very pregnant wife behind to sail around Greece with Teddy and a bevy of coeds to an attentive and concerned husband despite the considerable pressures of the Oval Office. His book is not an attempt to rehab JFK's tattered reputation as a husband, but instead to examine an area of growth in a complicated and often frustrating person. This book is heartbreaking. Little anecdotes about how parents of other sick children resented JFK because his visits to Patrick would shut down the wing of the hospital for security do a great job of illustrating the depth of the grief of a devastated parent. Newspaper headlines saying, "Of course he'll make it, he's a Kennedy" fores... morehadow the creeping doom that the Kennedys are known for now. I've read a few biographies of the Kennedys and thought this book belongs on a shelf with the best of them.
review 2: In The Kennedy Baby: The Loss That Transformed JFK, Steven Levingston details Jackie O's pregnancies and the effects each had on JFK. The author theorizes that each child softens Kennedy a bit more, making him less a philanderer and more of a husband and father. After the death of Patrick, Kennedy becomes more engaged with his family and more committed to his marriage with Jackie. Sadly, he dies soon after this transformation. A reminder to hold dear what you have and not muck it up. less

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