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作       者:Laurie Graham

出  版  社:Fourth Estate

出版时间:2009-04-03

字       数:45.9万

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A brilliant novel by Laurie Graham set in wartime London, which follows Kick Kennedy, sister of future US President JFK, as she takes London society by storm. Nora Brennan is a country girl from Westmeath. When she lands herself a position as nursery maid to a family in Brookline, Massachusetts, she little thinks it will place her at the heart of American history. But it's the Kennedy family. In 1917 Joseph Kennedy is on his way to his first million and he has plans to found a dynasty and ensure that his baby son, Joe Junior, will be the first Catholic President of the United States. As nursemaid to all nine Kennedy children, Nora witnesses every moment, public and private. She sees the boys coached at their father's knee to believe everything they'll ever want in life can be bought. She sees the girls trained by their mother to be good Catholic wives. World War II changes everything. At the outbreak of war the Kennedys are living the high life in London, where Joseph Kennedy is the American ambassador. His reaction is to send the entire household back across the Atlantic to safety, but Nora, surprised by midlife love, chooses to stay in England and do her bit. Separated from her Kennedys by an ocean she nevertheless remains the warm, approachable sun around which the older children orbit: Joe, Jack, Rosemary, and in particular Kick, who throws the first spanner in the Kennedy works by marrying an English Protestant. Laurie Graham's poignant new novel views the Kennedys from below stairs, with the humour and candour that only an ex-nursemaid dare employ.
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Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Prelude

Chapter 1 - Accidentally, Through The Keyhole

Chapter 2 - The Right Kind Of Family

Chapter 3 - The Trouble With Blood Fitzwilliam

Chapter 4 - A Perfect Little Doll

Chapter 5 - A Washer And A Dryer And Separate Beds

Chapter 6 - Two-Toilet Irish

Chapter 7 - Three Categories Of Feeble-Mindedness

Chapter 8 - Learning The Ways Of The Enemy

Chapter 9 - Another Little Blessing

Chapter 10 - Kennedys Everywhere, Like A Rash

Chapter 11 - The Sacred Duties Of A Wife

Chapter 12 - No Crybabies, No Losers

Chapter 13 - An Anniversary Trip For One

Chapter 14 - Something In The Blood

Chapter 15 - The Queen Of Bronxville, The Queen Of England And Walter Stallybrass

Chapter 16 - The Fox Supervises The Henhouse And Mr Chamberlain Goes To Munich

Chapter 17 - Other People's Babies

Chapter 18 - Our Pope

Chapter 19 - The Season At The End Of The World

Chapter 20 - Keeping Going With A Cheery Smile

Chapter 21 - Future Prospects Unknown

Chapter 22 - Everything By The Book

Chapter 23 - An Insult Of A Cake

Chapter 24 - A Broken Doll

Chapter 25 - Girl On A Bicycle

Chapter 26 - A Trainee Duchess

Chapter 27 - The Beginning Of The End

Chapter 28 - A Real Winner, With A Bit Of Grooming

Chapter 29 - A Kennedy Poodle

Chapter 30 - Perpetual Light

Chapter 31 - The Latest Thing For Diseases Of The Mind

Chapter 32 - The Official Black Sheep

Chapter 33 - The Irish Card

Chapter 34 - Mr Congressman Kennedy

Chapter 35 - A Day Of Tears

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