The Importance of Being Kennedy - Hardcover

Graham, Laurie

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9780061173523: The Importance of Being Kennedy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061173525 ISBN 13: 9780061173523

Publisher: Collins, 2008

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Becoming a servant in the Kennedy household shortly after arriving in America from Ireland, young Nora Brennan is given charge of the family's nine children, whom she offers solace from their harsh mother, their distant father, and the prying public. By the author of Gone with the Windsors. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

'Her story has the feeling of being more alive and more revealing than any biography...with energetic pace, witty dialogue and vividly drawn characters' Guardian

'Deftly mingles comedy and sorrow, producing a serious pleasure of a novel that is both poignant and entertaining.' Penny Perrick, Sunday Times

'One of Graham's undoubted strengths is the way she seamlessly blends fact and fiction. Real people, including the cream of British aristocracy, are portrayed with as much colour and verve as the fictional characters. This is an entertaining addition to the Kennedy canon, one that goes behind the public smiles to conjure up the petty jealousies and divided loyalties that plague every family. It also gives a fictional voice to two forgotten women whose troubled lives are almost completely overshadows by the Kennedy legend.' The Herald

About the Author:

Laurie Graham is the author of ten novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America, The Unfortunates, Mr Starlight, and, most recently, Gone With the Windsors.
Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to SHE magazine, and wrote the best-selling Parents' Survival Guide. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio. Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.

Related websites: www.lauriegraham.com

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