Eileen McNamara
Author of Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World
About the Author
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.
Image credit: Courtesy of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Works by Eileen McNamara
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- Gender
- female
- Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Commentary, 1997)
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- 2
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- 104
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- Rating
- 4.3
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- 4
- ISBNs
- 11
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.… (more)