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Death was merciful to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis,
for it spared her a parent's worst nightmare: the loss
of a child. But if Jackie had lived to see her son, JFK
Jr., perish in a plane crash on his way to his cousin's
wedding, she would have been doubly horrified by the
familiar pattern in the tragedy. Once again, on a day
that should have been full of joy and celebration,
America's first family was struck by the Kennedy
Curse.In this probing expose, renowned Kennedy
biographer Edward Klein-a bestselling author and
journalist personally acquainted with many members of
the Kennedy family-unravels one of the great mysteries
of our time and explains why the Kennedys have been
subjected to such a mind-boggling chain of
calamities.Drawing upon scores of interviews with people
who have never spoken out before, troves of private
documents, archives in Ireland and America, and private
conversations with Jackie, Klein explores the underlying
pattern that governs the Kennedy Curse. The reader is
treated to penetrating portraits of the Irish immigrant
Patrick Kennedy; Rose Kennedy's father, "Honey Fitz";
the dynasty's founding father Joe Kennedy and his
ill-fated daughter Kathleen, President Kennedy, accused
rapist William Kennedy Smith, and the star-crossed
lovers, JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Each of the seven
profiles demonstrates the basic premise of this book:
"The Kennedy Curse" is the result of the destructive
collision between the Kennedy's fantasy of
omnipotence-an unremitting desire to get away with
things that others cannot-and the cold, hard realities
of life.
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