02249cam a2200373u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038010001500079020001800094035002000112040003300132042000800165050001400173060001100187082002500198100003600223245006900259260004900328264001200377300007100389336002100460337002500481338002300506504005100529520106900580545006101649600003501710600002001745650004801765650003001813650003201843898052989 OCoLC 20250702123740.0ta160203t20152015mauaf    b    001 0beng d  a2015028793  a9780547250250  a(DNLM)101664093  aDNLM/DLCbengerdacDLCdAJM  apcc00aRC464.B5610aWM 30200a362.196890092aB2231 aLarson, Kate Clifford,eauthor.10aRosemary :bthe hidden Kennedy daughter /cKate Clifford Larson. 1aBoston :bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,c[2015] 4c♭2015  a302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  a"Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her high-spirited sisters. Yet Rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family. In [this book, the author], Kate Clifford Larson uses newly uncovered sources to bring Rosemary Kennedy's story to light. Young Rosemary comes alive as a sweet, lively girl adored by her siblings. But Larson also reveals the often desperate and duplicitous arrangements the Kennedys made to keep her away from home as she became increasingly difficult in her early twenties, culminating in Joe's decision to have Rosemary lobotomized at age twenty-three and the family's complicity in keeping the secret. Only years later did the Kennedy siblings begin to understand what had happened to Rosemary, which inspired them to direct government attention and resources to the plight of the developmentally and mentally disabled, transforming the lives of millions"0 aMaine author.bKate Clifford Larson grew up in Lewiston.10aKennedy, Rosemary,d1918-2005.30aKennedy family. 0aPeople with mental disabilitiesvBiography. 0aKennedy familyvBiography 0aFamily relationsvBiography