Tragic cover ups of unspeakable acts of cruel and often criminal actions by the Kennedy dynasty. Good writing but sometimes, just as the male Kennedy's were shielded from there actions, not enough responsibility was assigned to the role of the female Kennedys. Blaming the expected role of women does not excuse the lack of moral decency. Left with a total disrespect for media and doubtful of the integrity of our leaders.

I have been an avid Kennedy fan for years. Anything regarding the Kennedy family I had to read or watch. I am 60 now and thought I knew most everything about the family. Maureen Callahan does a excellent job researching and writing this book. I could not put it down--- so well written. Thank you for this book.

This was a tough book to read. I found it absolutely incredible how disrespectful these guys were to women. Granted it was a different time but this was really disturbing. Now why the 3 rating. Two reasons......First, there was little good written her about any of the Kennedy men. I get they had faults but they also di some good in their roles as public servants. Secondly, a fact were misstated. The author wrote that Jackie held baby Patrick before he died. This is not factual. She had a Caesarian and before she came out of anesthesia he had been flown to Boston Children's, where he passed on. JFK held him but Jackie never even saw him, let alone held him. So when I read that, pretty early on, I questioned the accuracy of some of the other information contained within, hence the three stars.

I had to put this book down for days as the information was horrific to read and digest. 90% of the book was info I had never heard about. I was in high school when JFK was shot, and went into deep mourning as so many others did as well. I had bought into the Kennedy Camelot fairy tale. Being there in the 60' to now, I was part of the many movements and changes occurring around all of us. I had no idea of the violence and sexual assaults that many young girls and women received from the Kennedy Men. What an eye opener! What a relevant read. Kudos to the author for the great read and research done.

A very well written and heavily researched account of a family that was an American political dynasty. The book covers some familiar ground that many readers will know but some ground most readers would not know. The extent of the Kennedy mens' terrible treatment of their wives in particular is shocking and the fact that they were not held accountable is even more so. Kudos to Maureen Callahan for setting the record straight.

President Kennedy was idolized in my grandfather's home. Pictures, a small shrine, totally admired. I was 10 when JFK was assassinated, and believed him to be a hero. This book was an eye opener, a horrifying true story of the sugar-coated bill of goods we've all been sold. The blatant disrespect involved in jumping on a young girl in Jackie's bedroom? Horrifying, and only the beginning. JFK Jr. made every careless, thoughtless, illegal maneuver possible to destroy 2 young women, and himself, on the night of the crash. Bobby, who I always thought was the "good" brother, used the same playbook. My husband told me to do deep breathing before I had a heart attack at the lies I've bought into my entire life. Beautifully written, horrifying, and so very sad.

I'm not finished with it yet, I keep putting it down, shocked, hurting for these women. Reading their stories, knowing the endings, it is sad, so sad. I look at RFKJr today, I thought he was a good guy, little did I know he was as bad as his Uncle Jack, as his own Grandfather. Joe Kennedy Jr., a lucky lucky pig. All of these men served the government or a cause, did wonderfully, but their souls are surely cracked. I can't even like Rose Kennedy even though she was so good to Jackie. That family, I am so thankful my family was just plain family. The book itself is written beautifully, telling story after story of the women that came into contact with this family, or were part of it. It is compelling, it draws you in. I grew up in the late 50's, so I vaguely knew who they were until Jack hit the stage with his beautiful wife, Jackie, and like to many I was drawn in and just saw Camelot, exactly what Jackie wanted - there was really never a Camelot except in Jackie's story she wrote herself. I will remember this book for a long time. I will say that I believe after reading so much of this book that there was great harm done, great sadness caused, and even deaths left to the dust of history. It is my fervent prayer that all the Kennedy men have a special place in hell set aside just for them.