What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love [Paperback]

A stunning, tragic memoir about John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill, by Radziwill’s widow.

What Remainsis a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill. Carole grew up in a small suburb with a large, eccentric cast of characters. At nineteen, she struck out for New York City to find a different life. Her career atABC Newsled her to the refugee camps of Cambodia, to a bunker in Tel Aviv, and to the scene of the Menendez murders. Her marriage led her into the old world of European nobility and the newer world of American aristocracy.

What Remainsbegins with loss and returns to loss. A small plane plunges into the ocean carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., Anthony’s cousin, and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, Carole’s closest friend. Three weeks later Anthony dies of cancer. With unflinching honesty and a journalist’s keen eye, Carole Radziwill explores the enduring ties of family, the complexities of marriage, the importance of friendship, and the challenges of self-invention. Beautifully written,What Remains“gets at the essence of what matters,” wrote Oprah Winfrey. “Friendship, compassion, destiny.” A moving testimony to the tenuous nature of love and life.
--USA Today Stunning...Radziwill gets at the essence of what matters -- friendship, compassion, destiny.
-- Oprah Winfrey,O, the oprah Magazine A riveting and heartbreaking journey.
-- Jeannette Walls, author ofThe Glass Castle A stunning memoir of love and loss...Carole Radziwill is a natural storyteller.
--O, The Oprah Magazine One of the best memoirs...a small masterpiece...devastating and beautifully written.
--New York Post Powerfully affecting...a highly compelling read.
--Vogue Bittersweet and tender.
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