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This is such a tragic story and my heart pours out to rosemary. It’s honest and heartfelt and caring.
The book seems really well researched and written in a very flowing, easy to read, style. It's very chronologically written which i find easier to follow.
Biographies are seldom this gripping, but this one read like a novel - compelling for the light it shines on the strengths and frailties of a powerful family. I hope one day the author can write other books about intellectually and physically challeng... Read More
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Very well written book with indepth characters development
It was truly hard to put down well written and well researched
The horrifying and viscerally described procedure had horrendous results
I am thankfulthat medical practices have changed but the stigma with mh issues still remains with many people
Price
And as an rn horrified the nurse dr were so concerned with not the mother or baby
In the end the tragedy of her life caused political reforms for the disabled but at what a cost to her
Money still makes somewhat of a difference with care
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Got it for school and it delivered fast
She was born mentally handicapped and after reading about the nurse who held rosemary in the birth canal for 2 hours so the doc... Read More
Received book quickly and he was so excited seeing he actually got it
Born at home during the postworld war one flu epidemic when bostonians were dying at high numbers at overcrowded hospitals in c... Read More
Packaging/appearance
The window kate clifford larson opened on the kennedys at large and rosemary specifically leaves me very moved
Competitiveness
It is simply appalling that a family such as the kennedys with their wealth and connections couldnt have done better by rosemary
However times were different back then and the 34elite families34 of this time period only dud what they thought was best for 34everyone34
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The window kate clifford larson opened on the kennedys at large and rosemary specifically leaves me very moved
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The author spoke about the beliefs rosemarys parents held were flawed based on their view of their daughters mental disability
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While there is a silver lining to this story my heart hurts for what was done to rosemary
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Born at home during the postworld war one flu epidemic when bostonians were dying at high numbers at overcrowded hospitals in crisis her delivery doctor was delayed in arriving at the kennedy home while the attending nurse pushed the childs head back into the birth canal and ordered mother rose kennedy to keep her legs together and delay the birth until the doctor could arrive
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These actions possibly caused the childs mental retardation
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Rosemary was lobotomized in 1941
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The author incidentally is the mother of a child with disabilities
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It shed light on the kennedy familys triumphs and tragedies
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