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**They were the most prominent American family of the twentieth century. The daughter they secreted away made all the difference.**Joe and Rose Kennedy’s strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the Queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. And yet, Rosemary was intellectually disabled — a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. Major new sources — Rose Kennedy’s diaries and correspondence, school and doctors' letters, and exclusive family interviews — bring Rosemary alive as a girl adored but left far behind by her competitive siblings. Kate Larson reveals both the sensitive care Rose and Joe gave to Rosemary and then — as the family’s standing reached an apex — the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly intractable in her early twenties. Finally, Larson illuminates Joe’s decision to have Rosemary lobotomized at age twenty-three, and the family's complicity in keeping the secret. *Rosemary *delivers a profoundly moving coda: JFK visited Rosemary for the first time while campaigning in the Mid

Who reads Rosemary · The Hidden Kennedy Daughter?

Author

Rosemary / Larson, Kate Clifford Kennedy

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547250250

Category

history

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Fiction

Rating

3.78 / 5 (10,356 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14