Ask Not
The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
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Gabra Zackman
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Maureen Callahan
About this listen
The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller
A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024
A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’
‘A searing exposé’ Glamour
‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – Observer
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem—and the women who have paid the price for our obsession with Camelot.
For decades, the Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealth, power, and—above all else—integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the Kennedy men's legacy of physical and psychological abuse of women, part of a tradition of toxic masculinity that spans generations and has ruined untold lives. Through scandal after scandal, the family and their defenders have managed to keep this shameful story out of the spotlight. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys' hidden history of abuse and exploitation, laying bare their rampant misogyny and restoring women to the center of the dynasty's story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Mary Richardson, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names aren't nearly as well known – but rightfully should be.
Drawing on years of fierce reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled American family, showing how the Kennedy myth and their raw political power has enabled the clan's many predators while also silencing generations of traumatized women and girls. At long last, Callahan also redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys' orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves—and giving voice to the countless others who could not do the same.
©2024 Maureen Callahan (P)2024 Hachette AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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- Jennie
- 10-09-24
The story that had to be told!
For someone who grew up on the myths and tales surrounding the men I considered heroes, this book was a shock. I hope others will be encouraged to pick it up - or listen here in Audible - and see the Kennedys for the monsters they were.
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- Tracey Millar
- 03-08-24
Surprisingly good
I thought this would be another tabloid - esque jfk story however it was so good focusing on the women who are so often forgotten in the Kennedy narrative . I’d def recommend
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- xcxDawnyxcx
- 19-07-24
Excellent storytelling voice
Very insightful and the narrator keeps the listener interested throughout the book.
I always knew that most of the Kennedy family were garbage but this book really opened my eyes as to just how despicable many of them were/are.
excellent book.
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- Useless -only two rods and no lock
- 14-08-24
Brilliant research and searingly shocking
So many books on the Kennedy Clan but this excellent book focusing on the abuse of power , the rank hypocrisy and at heart the morally corrupt and entitled Kennedy family and its effects on the women who entered their orbit is very affecting and leaves one in a rage at how they got away with so much “ evil” …
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-07-24
I had no idea about most of this
Very interesting even for a Brit. Well told. Finished in one day as couldn’t put down
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- Claire C
- 04-09-24
Excellent telling of mostly forgotten history.
Found it compelling from start to finish. Most of the ladies I had not heard about before.
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- John Kearns
- 03-12-24
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Brilliantly composed work. What a bunch of clowns, thugs and gangsters these guys were. The poor women and girls that suffered at their hands. Only two questions are relevant about November 1963:
1) Who killed JFK?
2) Who cares?
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- Shaz11670
- 05-08-24
Great listen
I didn’t know much about the Kennedys but I have an insight into them now a real eye opener. Well written too.
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- larry gold
- 23-09-24
Power
Power and money can cover up things in politics in sport (Man City) in life. This is a powerful listen. I do wonder how many TV hosts have got the bottle to talk about this book?
I am Surprised it was allowed to be written JFK was a great president and I just recently went to Dallas. but he was no saint, but power and his standing got everything covered up. Did Monroe kill herself we shall never know
but in this life 99% of humans have a price. Now we have Junior on talk shows and Donald's bestie his past forgotten about
in this world its not "what you know, who's palm you can grease up"
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-08-24
Shocked
Didn't have an in-depth knowledge of the Kennedy's & particularly the women. Shocking how the women were treated yet the Kennedy men were all reviled. I have decided that old Joe & Ted were the worst of bad bunch. the whole lot of them acted reckless & dangerous around everyone yet really believed they were American royalty.
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