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    Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss
    Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss
    Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss
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    Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss

    Written by RoseMarie Terenzio

    Narrated by RoseMarie Terenzio

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    To everyone else, John F. Kennedy, Jr., may have been American royalty, but to RoseMarie Terenzio he was an entitled nuisance-and she wasn't afraid to let him know it. RoseMarie was his personal assistant, his publicist, and one of his closest confidantes during the last five years of his life. In this, her first memoir, she bravely recounts her own Fairy Tale Interrupted, describing the unlikely friendship between a blue-collar girl from the Bronx and John F. Kennedy, Jr.

    Funny, moving, and fresh, her memoir is a unique account by the woman who was with him through dating, politics, the paparazzi, and his marriage to Carolyn Bessette. Her street smarts, paired with her loyalty, candor, and relentless work ethic, made her the trusted insider to America's most famous man.

    After John and Carolyn's tragic, untimely deaths on July 16, 1999, RoseMarie's whole world came crashing down around her, along with her hopes for the future. Only now does she feel she can tell her story in a book that is at once a moving tribute and a very real picture of her friend and employer.

    Many books have sought to capture John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s life. None has been as intimate or as honest as Fairy Tale Interrupted, a true portrait of the man behind the icon-patient, protective, surprisingly goofy, occasionally thoughtless and self-involved, yet capable of extraordinary generosity and kindness. Terenzio reveals what John really had in mind for his political future, how he handled media attention, and the reality of life behind the scenes at George magazine. She also shares how she dealt with the ultra-secretive planning of John and Carolyn's wedding on Cumberland Island-and the heartbreak of their deaths.

    Fairy Tale Interrupted is a deeply loving story and a fascinating adventure, filled with warmth, humor, insight, and five years' worth of unforgettable memories.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 24, 2012
    ISBN9781452676128
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    RoseMarie Terenzio

    RoseMarie Terenzio is the New York Times bestselling author of Fairy Tale Interrupted and the former executive assistant to John F. Kennedy Jr. She served as JFK Jr.’s chief of staff at George magazine and oversaw his public relations and philanthropic causes until his death in 1999. Terenzio is the executive producer of Paramount Network’s I Am JFK, Jr. She is from New York City, where she lives and works as a strategic communications professional.

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    • 5/5
      So much better than I had hoped! Not only do we get a peek into the world of JFK, Jr. while he was publishing George, but we also see a nuanced portrayal of what it is like to be someone who doesn't feel like they fit into the worlds of society, publishing, and politics, yet holds her own every bit of the way. I'm a huge Rosemarie Terenzio fan!
    • 4/5
      I hesitated to read this book because of some of the reviews I've read - I'm glad I ignored them! This is a memoir written by John Kennedy Jr.'s assistant who worked with him for 5 years before his death in 1999. I guess some people reviewing just don't realize the value of an assistant who takes care of 99.9% of everything in someone's life.She was the guard at the door, on the phone, coordinated of meetings, meals, shopping, and even sometimes his girlfriend/wife Carolyn Bessette. When she wrote, I could hear his voice speaking the words, could imagine that is how their relationship played out.I enjoyed the insight from a female perspective/non family member in his life.
    • 5/5
      Loved everything about this book. Author was a great reader. Felt like I was on the journey with her. Very informative, learned a lot.
    • 4/5
      A different side of the JFK Jr that not many people saw. Told by his assistant and friend. I was surprised to see people either loved or hated this book. I loved RoseMarie's storytelling.
    • 4/5
      I hesitated to read this book because of some of the reviews I've read - I'm glad I ignored them! This is a memoir written by John Kennedy Jr.'s assistant who worked with him for 5 years before his death in 1999. I guess some people reviewing just don't realize the value of an assistant who takes care of 99.9% of everything in someone's life.She was the guard at the door, on the phone, coordinated of meetings, meals, shopping, and even sometimes his girlfriend/wife Carolyn Bessette. When she wrote, I could hear his voice speaking the words, could imagine that is how their relationship played out.I enjoyed the insight from a female perspective/non family member in his life.
    • 4/5
      This memoir follows the life of RoseMarie as she starts to work for JFK Jr. and moves up from being a secretary for his magazine to his personal assistant, dear friend, and large part of his life. Her life as his assistant has a lot of glamorous parts, but her job becomes her life and RoseMarie dealt with a lot of stress daily and resentment from other magazine staffers. His and Carolyn's deaths dealt a huge blow to RoseMarie and left her feeling lost and without purpose. I'm pretty sure this is the first memoir I've read, and going into it I knew very little about JFK Jr. (like the fact that he started a magazine). That being said, I really enjoyed this book. RoseMarie wrote in a way that made me feel as though I was reading fiction - I wasn't bored and I was very moved by a lot of the situations she wrote about. However, many times she interrupted a story with another line of thought almost seamlessly, so when she moved back to the original story I felt lost because I'd completely forgotten her first point. The other, minor, detail I found annoying was the handwritten notes she included in her book. There weren't many and it was a great personal touch, but due to the notes being old and the handwriting a little messy, it was almost impossible for me to read them. I wish there had been a typed version as well.
    • 4/5
      This memoir by JFK Jr.'s personal assistant is both entertaining and poignant. Of course, we know how it ends, but it's fascinating to watch the development of Terenzio's coming of age as she changes from a scrappy young woman from the Bronx to a sophisticated Manhattanite who maneuvers in the fast lane. The inner view of John and Carolyn in their personal and professional lives will appeal to any celebrity voyeurs, and readers will feel like they knew these appealing people. For a reader from rural Maine, the expense and pace of these characters was eye-opening (and somewhat obscene!)
    • 4/5
      Easy to read. Tells about Rosemarie Terenzio assistant to John F. Kennedy JR. up until his death. Tells many daily stories about their lives. Interesting. Easy flow.
    • 5/5
      What a marvelous book written not from worship of the Kennedy clan but just someone writing about a friend. I loved this book and wish I had read it before others that smacked of Kennedy Worship. JFK, Jr was spoiled throughout his life by his mom and his sister, even though he had some wonderful attributes. He thought nothing would ever happen to him and his decision to fly when others would not have flown shows his adolescent thinking. . I recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about a friendship that ended horribly and left the whole nation in shock.