“I went into reading this book with the idea that there would be a lot of good 'dirt' on John and Carolyn and if that is what you are looking for...than this is not the book you want to read.
This is a book about John's personal assistant, RoseMarie "Rosie" Terenzio, and how she came to become his assistant and the things she dealt with on a daily basis with being a part of 'George' magazine and the eventual marriage of John & Carolyn and concluding with their tragic deaths.
I think the name of the book was meant to say that this was HER fairy tale and not so much as it being the fairy tale lives of John & Carolyn and how it was taken away from her so abruptly and she was just so lost for a very long time. So it is a memoir of not only JFK and Carolyn but of her and how it shaped her life...so now I understand why she wrote so much about her life in it...
She is a spitfire and if you are not used to the way many New Yorkers can be abrupt and rude....you could be put off by much of what she says and does in the book. If you can look past that and really see what she was feeling in her heart for John & Carolyn.....you would understand the immense love and protective nature she felt for these two people.
Even though John and Carolyn died over 13 years ago....it still really hurt to read about it.....silly me still held the hope that the plane would safely make it to Hyannis....wanting so much to know this couple in 2012.....to see their children and what their careers were. The end of the book was sad to read and you really feel for Rosie when her 'fairy tale' comes to an abrupt end after 5 crazy years....she is so lost and has no idea what to do with her life because she had planned on staying by John's side for life.
She does and has come very far after that fateful day in June of 1999 and she achieves things that she never would have thought she could ever do because of her working with John. She even is thankful for her life and her blessings and when it comes to the end of the day......isn't that what we all want.....just to be happy in whatever we are doing.
This book was interesting and I liked the fact that Rosie didn't trash talk about John and Carolyn but yet still gave a very personal side to them that made me feel like I actually did know these 2 people. This is a good read if you need something quick and easy just don't forget to bring a tissue or two because you just might need them.”
