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"""Bold, brave and original, Ask Not takes a sledgehammer to the myth of Camelot. This is an unforgettable book--a necessary reckoning that will forever change the way I view modern American history.""--Susannah Cahalan, author of The Great Pretender and the #1 New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire"

"""Callahan takes a fresh angle by focusing in on the women born or married or merely sucked up into the world of the Kennedys and the price they paid.... Anyone looking for happy stories of Camelot should keep looking.""--Parade ""A lacerating expos�.""--The Guardian ""A sharp-edged expos� of Kennedy men... An informative and gossip-filled history of a notorious clan.""--Kirkus ""Callahan profiles 13 women, some famous, some infamous, some conveniently unknown, who had the misfortune of falling into the Kennedy orbit.... The Kennedys, Callahan asserts, are the epitome of men behaving badly. Taken as a whole, their decades-long misogynistic and malevolent exploits must be recognized as being as legacy-defining as their political successes.""--Booklist ""A grim but very compelling read.""--The Sunday Independent ""A stinging portrait of the depredations of not just John F. Kennedy but of three generations of Kennedy men . . . Callahan delivers.""--The Washington Post ""A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power.""--The Observer ""If you're after non-fiction that reads like a propulsive political thriller, this is the book for you.""--Glamour UK ""It is practically the birthright of every American to have a fascination with the Kennedys--and the infamous Kennedy curse. Maureen Callahan does us one better, stripping away the veneer of Camelot to present a searing, no holds barred account of scandal by zeroing in on the numerous destructions wrought by generations of Kennedy men against the women in their orbit. There are revelations about Jackie Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, and Carolyn Bessette, of course, but also about the various crimes committed against women outside the family too, including famous figures, like Marilyn Monroe, and lesser known individuals, like Martha Moxley.""--Town & Country ""A harrowing, incendiary swirl of tragedy, true crime, and reconsidered history, Ask Not sets a match to the glamour and mystique of America's most famous family. With incisive wit and wisdom, Callahan exposes the individuals and the celebrity culture that aided and abetted so many Kennedy men.""--Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy ""Bold, brave and original, Ask Not takes a sledgehammer to the myth of Camelot. This is an unforgettable book--a necessary reckoning that will forever change the way I view modern American history.""--Susannah Cahalan, author of The Great Pretender and the #1 New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire"

"""It is practically the birthright of every American to have a fascination with the Kennedys--and the infamous Kennedy curse. Maureen Callahan does us one better, stripping away the veneer of Camelot to present a searing, no holds barred account of scandal by zeroing in on the numerous destructions wrought by generations of Kennedy men against the women in their orbit. There are revelations about Jackie Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy, and Carolyn Bessette, of course, but also about the various crimes committed against women outside the family too, including famous figures, like Marilyn Monroe, and lesser known individuals, like Martha Moxley.""--Town & Country ""A harrowing, incendiary swirl of tragedy, true crime, and reconsidered history, Ask Not sets a match to the glamour and mystique of America's most famous family. With incisive wit and wisdom, Callahan exposes the individuals and the celebrity culture that aided and abetted so many Kennedy men.""--Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy ""Bold, brave and original, Ask Not takes a sledgehammer to the myth of Camelot. This is an unforgettable book--a necessary reckoning that will forever change the way I view modern American history.""--Susannah Cahalan, author of The Great Pretender and the #1 New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire"

"""A harrowing, incendiary swirl of tragedy, true crime, and reconsidered history, Ask Not sets a match to the glamour and mystique of America's most famous family. With incisive wit and wisdom, Callahan exposes the individuals and the celebrity culture that aided and abetted so many Kennedy men.""--Karen Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park and Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy ""Bold, brave and original, Ask Not takes a sledgehammer to the myth of Camelot. This is an unforgettable book--a necessary reckoning that will forever change the way I view modern American history.""--Susannah Cahalan, author of The Great Pretender and the #1 New York Times bestseller Brain on Fire"

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Maureen Callahan is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the New York Times bestseller American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century. Her writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Spin, New YorkMagazine, the New York Post, and the Daily Mail, where she currently has a column. She lives in New York.

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