![]() ![]() holding his dying friend's hand and softly singing a song from their childhood director Mike Nichols not calling but just coming to the hospital and handing out sandwiches to the nurses). She also knows how to convey the essence of a person with small scenes and quotes (JFK Jr. She is brave, especially when she describes how cancer became the third party in her marriage, and how she briefly flirted with infidelity. So here goes: Radziwill is a serviceable, if sentimental, writer. But because its publisher (and, presumably, the author) have decided not to market it as a "Kennedy book" but "a memoir of fate, friendship and love," it begs consideration on its literary merits. This would be a heartbreaking story even if it weren't about Anthony Radziwill, nephew of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and about his and Carole's friendship with John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. He dies, but not before the cousin and his wife (and her sister) die, too, in a senseless plane crash. Abruptly, the reporter's husband is diagnosed with cancer. They court, marry and become best friends with the husband's first cousin and his new wife. ![]() ![]() ![]() Here's a very sad story: a middle-class girl is working as a reporter at ABC, where she meets a handsome man from a famous family. ![]()
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