From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan,a fiercecharacter-driven expos├⌐ of the real Kennedy Curse–the family’s generations-long legacy of misogynymurderand mayhem–and the women who have paid the price for our obsession with Camelot. For decadesthe Kennedy name has been synonymous with wealthpowerglamorand–above all else–integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the legacy of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girlsruining and even ending untold lives. Through decades of scandal after scandal–from sexual assaults to reputational slandersuicides to manslaughter–the family and their defenders have kept the Kennedy brand intact. Nowin Ask Notbestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys’ hidden history of violence and exploitationlaying bare their unrepentant sexism and rampant depravitywhile also restoring these women and girls to their rightful center of the dynasty’s story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn BessetteMartha MoxleyMary Jo KopechneRosemary Kennedyand many others whose names aren’t nearly as well known–but should be. Drawing on years of explosive reportage and written in electric proseAsk Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled American family–and a consequential part of American history that is still very much with us. At long lastCallahan redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys’ orbitpaying homage to those who freed themselves–and giving voice to those whothrough no fault of their owncould not do the same.