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The Resource The missing Kennedy : Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

The missing Kennedy : Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff

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Summary
"Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin farm family. What, besides their religion, did these two very different Catholic women have in common? One person: Stella Koehler, a charismatic woman of the cloth who became Sister Paulus Koehler after taking her vows with the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. Sister Paulus was Elizabeth's Wisconsin aunt. For thirty-five years--indeed much of her adult life--Sister Paulus was Rosie Kennedy's caregiver. And a caregiver, tragically, had become necessary after Rosie, a slow learner prone to emotional outbursts, underwent one of America's first lobotomies, an operation Joseph Kennedy was assured would normalize Rosie's life."
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 260 pages
Contents
  • Rosemary's childhood
  • My Aunt Stella
  • First homes
  • England
  • Rosemary and Stella in their twenties
  • Stella becomes Sister Paulus
  • Rosemary's surgery
  • Aunt Zora
  • Craig House
  • Uncle Nick
  • Rosie at Saint Coletta
  • Faith
  • Tragedy
  • My misdiagnosis
  • Eunice
  • Rosie gets lost
  • Sex ed and silence
  • The Koehler brand of claustrophobic Catholicism
  • Rosie's three families
  • Standing our
  • The Special Olympics
  • Epilogue
  • Events and memories
Isbn
9781610881746
Instance
Label
The missing Kennedy : Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women
Title
The missing Kennedy
Title remainder
Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women
Statement of responsibility
Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Rosemary (Rosie) Kennedy was born in 1918, the first daughter of a wealthy Bostonian couple who later would become known as the patriarch and matriarch of America's most famous and celebrated family. Elizabeth Koehler was born in 1957, the first and only child of a struggling Wisconsin farm family. What, besides their religion, did these two very different Catholic women have in common? One person: Stella Koehler, a charismatic woman of the cloth who became Sister Paulus Koehler after taking her vows with the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis of Assisi. Sister Paulus was Elizabeth's Wisconsin aunt. For thirty-five years--indeed much of her adult life--Sister Paulus was Rosie Kennedy's caregiver. And a caregiver, tragically, had become necessary after Rosie, a slow learner prone to emotional outbursts, underwent one of America's first lobotomies, an operation Joseph Kennedy was assured would normalize Rosie's life."
Summary
Throughout her childhood, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff frequently visited Rosemary Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s sister. Why? Koehler-Pentacoff’s aunt, Sister Paulus Koehler, a Franciscan nun, was Rosemary’s devoted caregiver at St. Coletta in Jefferson, Wisconsin for fifteen years and her driver and travel companion for over thirty. The resulting book, which will be will be the first about this mysterious Kennedy, chronicles Rosie’s life along with that of the author’s aunt, and delves into the similarities between the two families
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Biography type
individual biography
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10450888
Cataloging source
IEB
Dewey number
920
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • genealogical tables
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
Target audience
adult
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
a memoir of family, silence, and transformation
Label
The missing Kennedy : Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Rosemary's childhood -- My Aunt Stella -- First homes -- England -- Rosemary and Stella in their twenties -- Stella becomes Sister Paulus -- Rosemary's surgery -- Aunt Zora -- Craig House -- Uncle Nick -- Rosie at Saint Coletta -- Faith -- Tragedy -- My misdiagnosis -- Eunice -- Rosie gets lost -- Sex ed and silence -- The Koehler brand of claustrophobic Catholicism -- Rosie's three families -- Standing our -- The Special Olympics -- Epilogue -- Events and memories
Control code
921998274
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 260 pages
Isbn
9781610881746
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
n
Other physical details
genealogical tables, illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)921998274
Label
The missing Kennedy : Rosemary Kennedy and the secret bonds of four women, Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Rosemary's childhood -- My Aunt Stella -- First homes -- England -- Rosemary and Stella in their twenties -- Stella becomes Sister Paulus -- Rosemary's surgery -- Aunt Zora -- Craig House -- Uncle Nick -- Rosie at Saint Coletta -- Faith -- Tragedy -- My misdiagnosis -- Eunice -- Rosie gets lost -- Sex ed and silence -- The Koehler brand of claustrophobic Catholicism -- Rosie's three families -- Standing our -- The Special Olympics -- Epilogue -- Events and memories
Control code
921998274
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 260 pages
Isbn
9781610881746
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
n
Other physical details
genealogical tables, illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)921998274

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