I wasn't expecting a Kennedy cover story and certainly not one about Rosemary Kennedy, but apparently she's the subject of two new books, so there she is. There's no question it's an intriguing story, a secret sister, disabled and hidden away, but it's also old news. The headline sounded familiar to me so I scrolled back through the People Cover posts, and sure enough, from last November there it is, a sidebar story on Matthew McConaughey's cover, "The Forgotten Kennedy Sister," which turned out to be Rosemary. That story was tied to publication of a book called "Fully Alive" by Timothy Shriver, who is chairman of the Special Olympics. (Read the article here.)
Issue dated November 17, 2014
Blog readers know I'm fascinated by the Kennedys, both current and historic, but I've always assumed that not everyone else is. Still, apparently there's enough interest that People's editors believe a cover story with a black and white picture of a relatively unknown woman, who was born in 1918 and died in 2005, will sell well. According to the article at people.com, the new books are "Rosemary, The Hidden Kennedy Daughter," by Kate Larson, and "The Missing Kennedy," by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff.
In a depressing coincidence, both of these issues also feature Duggar stories, Jessa's wedding last November and the on-going scandal around Josh in the new issue. Ick.
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