This is the personal memoir of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, wife of Joseph Kennedy. She was born in 1890 to John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a prominent member of Boston society and a member of the Boston Common Council. She met her future husband, whose father was a rival of her father, and they began a relationship that ended in marriage in 1914. Together, the couple had nine children. Three of her children wound up being politicians, the Senators Bobby and Ted Kennedy, and President John F Kennedy. This memoir tells interesting stories about her personal life, as well as letters and memoirs from her family, friends, and children.

It was neat to see the perspective on some events that are well publicized from the matriarch of the family herself. Based on some other books that I have read, her memory on some things differ from others. I like memoirs and I am very interested in family dynasties, so this book was right up my alley. Plus, I got it for a dollar at the used book store.