Kennedy Women

Laurence Leamer. Ivy Books, $7.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8041-1361-8

Five generations of Kennedys are chronicled in this unauthorized biography of the women who helped shape the image of this enduring dynasty. (June)

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