Reply #6: I am Going to Read This as Soon as It Comes Out

[Hidden Stillness]

This is a book I am going to read as soon as it comes out. I had heard that Sen. Kennedy was going to write a memoir a while ago--I can't remember now, but it seems a couple of years--and hoped it would be true and honest. It appears to be that. There are so many opinions, experiences, that I want to know Kennedy's telling of, and I hope it will be filled with that witty humor and literary influence that I already miss.

I know that Ted Sorensen, speechwriter for Pres. Kennedy, recently wrote a memoir, and described the day of Kennedy's assassination, which Sorensen had never talked about before, but I have not read that. I will read this. The references to Bobby being shattered was well-known; many people have commented on how grief-stricken Bobby was, forever after. Bobby became famous around Washington for going, late at night, alone, to Pres. Kennedy's grave at Arlington Cemetary. I am also glad to know that Ted Kennedy cared about Mary Jo Kopechne, and lived a kind of prayer of a redeemed-life, with true sorrow, after that. People have always speculated as to how much of Kennedy's great works were to make up for that tragedy and horrible behavior after. I would also love to read about the 1980 campaign against Carter; my family supported Kennedy. The wonderful marriage to Vicki for all those years, and the sad, failed marriage to Joan before that. Also, any stories about the great Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and other family members. Lots of memories over the years, to read about, and I plan to buy it right away.