The Kennedy women Book

Nothing is as touching as the paragraph detailing the acceptance of Rosemary by her brothers, who chaperoned her dances so she was able to waltz like her classmates. They made her laugh, they made her appear "not different at all." If to the outside world, the Kennedys are clannish, to themselves they are a brood full of love and understanding. Joe, Sr. is a selfish, egotistical monster. Poor Rosemary, poor, poor dear.
Really the more I read the more I want to say that about all of the children. Joe, Sr. was an extraordinary womanizer and I do not believe turning a blind eye makes Rose a saint. Not comforting your children, not showing affection should be unacceptable. The Kennedy children succeeded because they were forced to grow in a more than slightly dysfunctional environment. I find it slightly ironic that Eunice's first government assignment was the first executive secretary in juvenile delinquency, bringing troubled girls home for dinner and preaching, "we want you to be happy children. Happy children become happy men and women." But the crux is exactly how happy was Kathleen who wasn't allowed to mourn her soldier husband, or Bobby who was teased for being gawky, or Rosemary who was lobotomized. Eunice was a case study of GAD. Jack had multiple medical issues exacerbated by his living circumstances and an extreme sexual addiction, possibly searching for the love and comfort he never received as a child.
Five generations of Kennedy women are shown in their full glory, growing, supporting, loving, living and dying. Babies are born; husbands are killed. The faith and loyalty of the Kennedy family is not seen today. However I think that loyalty often made the women blind to what was happening around them. Otherwise, they could have been considered emotional sacrificial lambs on the altar of political popularity.