Eileen McNamara
Auteur van Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
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Eileen McNamara spent nearly thirty years as a journalist at The Boston Globe, where she won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary and was among the first to raise the alarm about clergy sexual abuse. She is now Director of the Journalism Program at Brandeis University.
Fotografie: Courtesy of the Pulitzer Prizes.
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- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 1997)
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Eunice may have achieved great things, such as helping to bring about the Special Olympics, but she was a deeply flawed individual. They way she went through personal assistants was just staggering. Her inability and her unwillingness to talk about any personal tragedy had a profound effect on her family and the people in her employ. I know that we couldn't have been friends, despite the fact that I admire her greatly for the work she did.
A fascinating and well-balanced account of a previously uncovered, crucial piece of the Kennedy family puzzle.… (meer)