03189cam a2200481 i 4500 1592663945 TxAuBib 20240912120000.0 231110s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024934922 9780316276177 0316276170 (OCoLC)1408649393 TxAuBib rda Callahan, Maureen. Ask Not : The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed / Maureen Callahan. First edition. New York : Little Brown and Company, 2024. xvii, 381 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index. The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and--above all else--integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the pattern of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girls, leaving a trail of ruin and death in each generation's wake. Through decades of scandal after scandal--from sexual assaults to reputational slander, suicides to manslaughter--the family and their defenders have kept the Kennedy brand intact. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys' hidden history of violence and exploitation, laying bare their unrepentant sexism and rampant depravity while also restoring these women and girls to their rightful place at the center of the dynasty's story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Martha Moxley, Mary Jo Kopechne, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names aren't nearly as well known but should be. Drawing on years of explosive reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled family and a consequential part of American history that is still very much with us. At long last, Callahan redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys' orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves and giving voice to those who, through no fault of their own, could not. 20240912. Instant New York Times bestseller. Kennedy family. Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994. Moxley, Martha. Kopechne, Mary Jo, 1940-1969. Kennedy, Rosemary, 1918-2005. Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette, 1966-1999. Monroe, Marilyn 1926-1962. Kennedy, John F (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Family relationships. Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 Family relationships. Kennedy, John F Jr 1960-1999 Family relationships. Kennedy, Edward M (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 Family relationships. Politicians United States Biography. Politicians' spouses United States Biography. Biography. fast True crime stories. TXGID