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Reviewed on October 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
Historian Larson (The Assassin's Accomplice) provides an engrossing biography of the firstborn of the Kennedy daughters, Rosemary (1918–2005). This younger sister of John F. Kennedy exhibited developmental delays from an early age. The author makes it evident that an understanding of special needs, especially those of children, was sorely lacking in the early 20th century. Using new sources, such as private diaries and letters, Larson conveys the challenges the famil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More