When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine

Name: When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
Price: 3.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (2100 reviews)
Author: Monica Wood

by Monica Wood

Historical Fiction Memoir

4.3 (2,100)

4.3 stars from 2,100 reviews. Top 79% of Historical Fiction books we track.

258 pages~4.3 hr readPublished by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference PublishersPublished 2012-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You appreciate memoirs that capture a specific time and place with novelistic depth, not just personal narrative.
You're drawn to stories about working-class families and how ordinary people endure extraordinary loss.
You value beautiful prose that resists sentimentality whilst remaining deeply felt.

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You prefer fast-paced narratives or books driven primarily by plot rather than reflection and character.
You're looking for self-help frameworks or practical advice about grief.
You want contemporary settings; mid-century American family life doesn't interest you.

About this book

Winner of the Sarton Memoir Award, this memoir recounts the Wood family's experience in Mexico, Maine in 1963. Like their close, Catholic, immigrant neighbors, the family depended on wages from the Oxford Paper Company. When the father dies suddenly on his way to work, the mother and four daughters must navigate their grief and find a way forward. The book tells the story of how one family, their town, and the nation mourned and recovered from this loss. It explores themes of family connection, resilience, and the experience of sudden loss during a particular moment in American history.

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Currently 4.3★ from 2,100 reviews

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