What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love (Paperback)
From Publishers Weekly
Here's a very sad story: a middle-class girl is working as a reporter at ABC, where she meets a handsome man from a famous family. They court, marry and become best friends with the husband's first cousin and his new wife. Abruptly, the reporter's husband is diagnosed with cancer. He dies, but not before the cousin and his wife (and her sister) die, too, in a senseless plane crash. This would be a heartbreaking story even if it weren't about Anthony Radziwill, nephew of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and about his and Carole's friendship with John and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. But because its publisher (and, presumably, the author) have decided not to market it as a "Kennedy book" but "a memoir of fate, friendship and love," it begs consideration on its literary merits. So here goes: Radziwill is a serviceable, if sentimental, writer. She is brave, especially when she describes how cancer became the third party in her marriage, and how she briefly flirted w (more...)
Tagged with: Fate • Friendship • Love • Memoir • Paperback • Remains • What
Filed under: Compact Flash Memory
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
4.0 out of 5 stars
What Remains
This was last month’s selection for our book club. Everyone enjoyed the book and appreciated the honesty and vulnerability the author displayed.
2.0 out of 5 stars
DEPRESSING!!!!!!!
What a sad, depressing book. I couldn’t finish it. It was such a downer. The author is obviously very intellingent and writes well, but the book brought me way down.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Must Read for those who have lost their love young and remain
This autobiographical journey is a must read for women like ourselves who have lost their loves young.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed
From all the hype of the positive reviews I was expecting so much more. I have sympathy for the writer’s loss of both spouse and friends.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Complete waste
This book is so boring, I can’t get past the first CD. In fact it’s the first book I’ve felt this strongly about as to put a comment in about it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Carole Radziwill
A vacuous book – and its main focus, whom Radziwill still seems to have a kind of schoolgirl crush on (just as she was awestruck by glamorous twins at high school) – Carolyn…
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Extraordinary Life
This is a beautiful memory of four fabulous people who were lucky enough to meet and spend a portion of their lives together.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dind’t care for it.
I didn’t really care for it, from reading the front flap I thought this book would be much more intresting than it really was.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book
I just finished this book and I loved it. i love carole Radzwill’s story telling style, loved it! Her stories are poignant and honest. There is much humor here also.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Deceptive and Shallow
Charlie Rose interviewed Carole and I remember thinking, “My, he’s so dismissive of her.” I can see why now.