An Inside View from the Left: Kennedy, Clinton and Edwards
There is a mixture of fascination and skepticism by United States' citizens of their political leaders. They wonder about the true agendas and the real stories behind the rhetoric. Here are three memoirs that promise to provide insight into the personal and professional lives of the person behind the red, white and blue podium of the politician.Edward Kennedy - True Compass: a Memoir
Published by Twelve, September 14, 2009 rated 4.5 of 5 Stars by Amazon readers
Senator Kennedy spent five years gathering the material to tell his fifty year story of public service, personal tragedy and love of family revealed in this book. Teddy Kennedy wrapped it all up during the last months of his battle against brain cancer.
As the ninth and youngest child born to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Teddy was deeply involved in his older brothers' political careers and after their assassinations, participated in his nieces and nephew's lives trying to fill the void of losing their fathers. Teddy Kennedy has been a respected political figure, acknowledged by both parties to have crossed partisan lines to legislate, steadfastly fighting for the issues close to his heart. He servived public scandal over the 1969 Chappaquiddick Island tragedy and death of Mary Jo Kepechne, to become the Kennedy to serve his country the longest as a political figure. It is a true tragedy that he will not be able to witness healthcare reform, which he has fought for his entire political career.
New York Times, Michiki Kaktuni says, "Mr. Kennedy's conversational gifts as a storyteller and his sense of humor -- so often remarked on by colleagues and friends -- shine through here, as does his old-school sense of public service and his hard-won knowledge, in his son Teddy Jr.'s words, that 'even our most profound losses are survivable.'"
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