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Overview

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Background

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Part 1: “Icons” - Part 3: “The Bombshell”

Prologue-Part 3

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Part 4: “The Lonely Graves” - Part 6: “The Mythmaker”

Parts 4-6

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Part 7: “Stolen Youth” - Part 9: “Homes for Wayward Girls”

Parts 7-9

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Part 10: “Rebels” - Part 12: “Phoenix”

Part 10-Epilogue

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Themes

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Index of Terms

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Important Quotes

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Essay Topics

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Book Club Questions

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Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

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