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True Compass: A Memoir

de Edward M. Kennedy

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In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events.
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In this era of unparalleled partisanship, it was refreshing to read this bio of the Lion of the Senate, a man who mastered the art of reaching across the aisle to move forward legislation that benefited ordinary Americans. Learning about his relationships with the many presidents and House speakers he worked with was fascinating, as was reading about his personal losses and victories. Recommended, and not just for political junkies. ( )
  vverse23 | Jan 9, 2024 |
5--- True Compass a memoir, by Edward M. Kennedy 9read 21 Jul 2023) A memorable book which I much enjoyed. It covers his whole life as it was published after he died on August 25, 2009 ( )
  Schmerguls | Jul 21, 2023 |
There' no questioning the influential and important role the Kennedy's have played in American History. So much has already been revealed about the wonderful contributions their work has brought to America, the tragedies they've had to endure, and sadly, the shortcomings they've fallen prey to. That being said, what I most enjoyed about this book, was hearing it from a Kennedy's point of view. In many ways it felt more like I was sitting down having a conversation with Ted,rather than reading his memoir. Ted reveals so many personal, intimate little details about the Kennedy's that I now see them in a different light. However,if there's one drawback to hearing the Kennedy story from a Kennedy; it's that the negative aspects of their lives are pretty much glossed over. To be fair, that's to be expected. Ted want to focus on the positive aspects of the Kennedy dynasty and that's just what he did. In very enjoyable and up lifting way ! ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
I was given this book as a gift.. I never would have bought it for myself. Interesting and hard to put down!
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  Chrissylou62 | Aug 1, 2020 |
At times surprisingly candid autobiography. Assessment of his relationship with 10 US presidents is insightful and revealing. ( )
  kenkarpay | Feb 24, 2018 |
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An engaging telling of Kennedy's storied life.
 
An enjoyable read.
 
The late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has produced a revelatory — though not tabloidesque — account of his storied life and career... Since people will no longer have the chance to sit with Mr. Kennedy on the porch of his home in his beloved Hyannisport overlooking the ocean as he sips hot tea and tells yarns, reading "True Compass" is the next best thing.
 
Touchingly candid, big-hearted and altogether superb... Completed in the shadow of the senator's own mortality, this is a book whose clarity of recollection and expression entitles it to share in the lineage established by America's first great memoir of public life -- "The Autobiography of U.S. Grant," which he wrote while himself dying of cancer.
afegit per Shortride | editaLos Angeles Times, Tim Rutten (Sep 16, 2009)
 
If the writing about his marriage and Chappaquiddick in True Compass does not exactly seem introspective, neither does it ring false, and the rest of his life story — filled with colorful tales of his siblings and inside-the-Beltway detail — makes for a thoughtful, intermittently gut-wrenching read.
 

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Kennedy, Edward M.Autorautor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
Bedford Lloyd, JohnNarradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Cunnington, NathalieTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Girod, Marie-FranceTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Marlière, GuillaumeTraductionautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Marlière, Marie-LiseTraductionautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
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For Vicki, my true compass on this voyage.

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea,

My love as deep...for both are infinite."

--William Shakespeare
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It was on the sunny spring day of Tuesday, May 20, 2008, that I emerged from a medicated drowsiness in a Boston hospital bed and looked up into the face of a doctor who explained to me in a somber way that I was about to die, and that I had best begin getting my affairs in order and preparing my friends and family for the end.
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