Stephanie F. reviewed What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love on + 39 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 7
Very compelling. Grabs your interest from the first page. This book relates events that occur within such a short time frame that should leave the average person with the inability to get out of bed, much less write a book. However, the story is told with such grace and style. A very elegant retelling of such great tragedy that does not leave the reader wallowing in grief.
Gail B. (my2sense) -
Helpful Score: 4
I saw the author on Oprah and was so impressed with her eloquence that I read this book before it was out in paperback, something I rarely do. It was interesting to read the background of a story we all knew too well the outcome (JFK Jr.'s plane crash). It was moving and honest, not a "cash-in" celebrity memoir. It had to be therapeutic for the author to write it. I thought she did an excellent job sharing her point of view of the tragedy, an account of her husband's illness and the true character of her loyal friend Carolyn. A dignified glimpse of a husband, his cousin and wife, all of whom just happened to belong to a famous family.
Julie B. (heartinthehighlands) reviewed What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love on + 54 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This was a very good book. We are all a bit curious about the lives of the Kennedys and this book was a very good one to read as there is nothing sensational about it. And it was written from the viewpoint of a 'commoner'. Radziwill married into our 'American royalty', in marrying John Kennedy's cousin. The behind the scenes glimpse into their friendship and Kennedy's final days is very interesting without making the reader feel he is intruding or prying. Radziwill is a very good writer. She writes very poignantly about her marriage and her husband's death. I was glad no one was home when I finished it, so that I could just let the tears flow. But it wasn't a depressing story - just a very moving one.
Helpful Score: 4
I was very touched by this book's author. I saw Carole Radziwill on an Oprah show some time ago and saw a passionate woman with a very personal story. At the end of the book, I wanted to know more about Carole and what has happened in her life since.
Helpful Score: 2
An interesting read, not overly sentimental but giving insight into the lives of these 4 interesting people living in the headlines - a glimpse behind the headlines. Kept me reading and made me care about them in a way the newspapers never did.
