#RoseMarie Terenzio

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Fairy Tale Interrupted by RoseMarie Terenzio

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Caroline and John with their nanny Maud Shaw ,1961

-Maud Shaw John and Caroline’s nanny at the White House on President Kennedy Assassination

It certainly was a very dicult time, a very sad one. I actually didn’t particularly want to tell the children the sad news about their father’s death. I didn’t tell John too much because I felt that he was too little to take in too much, but Caroline of course had been so dear to her father and so close to him and she was old enough to understand.…

Caroline realized what had happened and what was going on and it was a very sad time for her. But she was such a comfort to her mother. She knew what her mother was going through, this very bad strain, and poor little John said,

“My poor mommy’s crying. She’s crying because my daddy’s gone away.”

-JFK Jr. An intimate Oral Biography By Rosemarie Terenzio and Liz McNeil

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Gina dazzles in a long shiny coat and sunglasses as she poses at an event where she moderated a discussion with JFK. Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography authors RoseMarie Terenzio and PEOPLE's Liz McNeil

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Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss by  RoseMarie Terenzio 

Publisher: ‎ Gallery Books

Publication Date: January 24, 2012

Print Length: 258 pages

Glad this was a library loan and I didn't pay a penny for it. This woman was a walking disaster and was working for a PR firm? Thinking the other women in the office shallow and silly was my first clue that something was off. Turns out she is uncouth, never learning how to business dress, when to keep quiet or be less confrontational. How can someone working in that business not know how to comport herself? I'm mystified, was she raised by wolves? Somehow screaming, stomping around and doing a less than stellar job got her access to the most followed, reported on people of that time. Was Carolyn Bessette as crude and self-centered as Terenzio portrays her? It would explain how they became besties, that and Terenzio kissed a lot of ass and worshiped her.

She happened to be staying at their apartment on the weekend they died so she stayed in the middle of things. She also convinced Carolyn to go to the wedding, putting her on the plane. I'd be torn up too

To be honest I expected more about John and less about her love life. The book title and photo of John and Carolyn on the cover were deceptive marketing. The fairy tale interrupted was hers.

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JFK Jr.: An Intimate Oral Biography by RoseMarie Terenzio | Behind the P...

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Carolyn wasn't John's shadow; she was his equal. He would ask her, a fashion insider who worked for Calvin Klein, about cover choices or get her advice on approaching designers and advertisers. From my point of view, John was happier when Carolyn was around. And Carolyn, like any smart woman, had a way of making John pay attention to things he didn't necessarily want to even think about. She got him to differentiate between the people taking advantage of his generosity and those who needed a little extra attention from him. With those two circumstances alone, Carolyn made my life much easier. - Rosemarie Terenzio “Fairytale Interrupted”

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    In happy news this week… I managed to have an hour out with my husband. The gorgeous weather coincided with his day off earlier this week so we went and sat in a lovely pub beer garden and had lunch outside. It was bliss to feel the sun on my skin and to just be outside for a little while. And it was wonderful to have time out with my husband and to just feel normal for a while. It’s been months since I’ve spent time outside and it made me so happy. This was our view 🙂

This week has been quite positive on the medical front but it means tough times ahead in the short term but will be worth it in the longer run. I’ve now managed to reduce my pain meds enough that I can switch to different meds, which will give me more control. In the short term this means my condition will be much worse due to sudden withdrawal and an increase in pain while my body adjusts. I’m trying to focus on the longer term when I will hopefully be better able to control my pain without feeling drugged up all the time. I’m only sharing this here as once the med change happens (it’s due to be in the next couple of days but it will depend on the NHS being back up and running) I will probably be around less for a little while. I may miss replying to comments here, or commenting and sharing your posts so please bear with me, I will be around as and when I can be.

I did have a productive couple of days at the start of last week and managed to write quite a few reviews and posts so I’ve got those scheduled. It means there will still be posts from me but I might not necessarily be around when the posts appear and links are tweeted.

This week I’ve finished reading four books:

The Zero by Jess Walter

This was my audio book for this week and I very much enjoyed listening to it. It’s a novel set around the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York but the main character is losing chunks of time and is increasingly confused so the story is told out of order. This book was so much more than I was expecting and I’m so glad that I stumbled upon it when sorting out my Kindle last week.

Fairytale Interrupted by RoseMarie Terenzio

This was an interesting book written by John F. Kennedy Jr.’s assistant. I enjoyed reading about the setting up of George magazine, and about John and Carolyn. I did find that Terenzio is a bit irritating at times but it didn’t stop me enjoying the book for the most part.

The Comfort of Others by Kay Langdale

This is a beautiful novel, one that I think I’ll be reading again in the future. I was sent this for review so I’m hoping to get my thoughts written up and posted very soon.

The Way Back Home by Freya North

I was such a fan of Freya North’s novels when she was first published but I haven’t read anything by her for a few years now. I’m not sure when I bought this book but I found it on my kindle last week and decided to read it right away. I really enjoyed it, it isn’t my favourite book by her but it was a good read. I especially loved that Cat and Django from an earlier novel featured in this novel, it was nice to see how they both were.

  This week I’ve blogged seven times:

Sunday: Weekly Wrap-Up

Monday: Guest post by Paul E. Hardisty about the evolution of his protagonist Claymore Stryker as part of the Reconciliation for the Dead blog tour

Tuesday: Review of Little Deaths by Emma Flint

Wednesday: WWW Wednesday

Thursday: Review of The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr

Friday: Review of The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett

Saturday: Stacking the Shelves

  This is what I’m currently reading:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

I started reading this yesterday and am already engrossed. Eleanor Oliphant is a great character and it feels like she could be one of those characters that really stays with me after I finish the book.

The Light We Lost by Jill

I started reading this last night and it’s got me hooked. I’m intrigued by where the story is going and what happened between these two people.

The Honeymoon by Tina Seskis

This book is so gripping, it grabbed me on the first page and I begrudge having to put the book down when real life intervenes on my reading time.

Missing, Presumed by Susie Steiner

This is another book that has been on my TBR for ages – I actually bought it when it was published but never got around to reading it. I’ve discovered the audio version is part of my subscription service so I’m part listening and part reading it. I’m really enjoying it and am intrigued to know where the story is going.

Fragile Lives by Stephen Westaby

This is an incredible memoir of a top heart surgeon and I’ve been fascinated by the various surgeries that he has been involved with, or has pioneered himself. I’d recommend this book to everyone.

How to Survive a Plague by David France

I’ve read another chapter of this book this week and am really engrossed in it now. It’s a similar book to And the Band Played on by Randy Schilts, and some of the same people do feature but a different perspective is given so it’s fascinating. I do find it utterly horrifying how various political elements stopped the cause of AIDS being known sooner.

  Update on my TBR:

TBR at the start of January 2017: 1885 (see my State of the TBR post)

TBR in last week’s Wrap-Up: 1934

Additions:

Books bought/received for review/gifts: 8

Subtractions:

Books read this week: 4

Books I’m currently reading: 6

TBR Books culled this week: 0

Total:

TBR now stands at: 1932

Woo hoo! My TBR has gone down by two, which I’m very happy with. 🙂

  I’m linking this post up to Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer’s Sunday Blog Share.  It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

  How has your week been? What have you been reading? Please share in the comments below. If you write a wrap-up on your blog please feel free to share the link. 🙂

  Weekly Wrap-Up (14 May) In happy news this week... I managed to have an hour out with my husband. The gorgeous weather coincided with his day off earlier this week so we went and sat in a lovely pub beer garden and had lunch outside.

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The Last week of JFK Jr, a timeline.

Here's an incomplete list of the events that occurred during the last week of J&C. I compiled it using books and this thread.

Monday, July 12:

Morning: Carolyn was at the Vineyard with Carole Radziwill, and Holly. 

Later on she heads out to the airport to return to NYC with Efigenio Pinheiro.

John flew from Martha’s Vineyard to Toronto to meet with Keith Stein. Once in Toronto, Stein drove John north to his offices in Aurora, Ontario. 

John and his co-pilot flew back to NYC later on Monday night.

Tuesday, July 13:

Night: John showed up at a British advertising agency party in downtown Manhattan. Only stayed for forty minutes.

Wednesday, July 14:

Morning: JFK Jr was still in CAM Walker.

John called Empire Executive car and Limousine service of Manhattan to pick them up at home and deliver them to Paramount Plaza Building, where George maintained office space on the 41st floor.

John and Carolyn held a breakfast reception at George for the executive board of the Robin Hood foundation.

Following the breakfast, Carolyn went shopping at Bergdorf Goodman, then picked up her sister Lauren at the midtown Manhattan office of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. 

1:30 p.m: Carolyn and Lauren were dropped off at the Stanhope Hotel. John joined his wife and sister-in-law for lunch in the hotel cafe M.

After lunch, John returned to George offices and dealt with financial papers.

He also spoke to Caroline over the phone.

Richard Blow overheard John's conversation with Carolyn, which lasted five minutes. He was only able to make out the following, "Well, Goddammit, Carolyn, you're the reason I was up at three o' clock last night!" 

4 p.m: John received a call from Janet Reno’s office to discuss an upcoming interview with Reno for George magazine.

5 p.m: John telephoned Jacques Lowe, and recounted details of his latest altercation with Carolyn. He told Lowe that he intended to spend the next night or two at the Stanhope Hotel.

8 p.m : John returned to the Stanhope after work, and checked into room 1511. 

Ordered light supper from room service, and ate while watching the evening news on television.

Several hours later John received a visit from Julie Baker. She stayed with John and watched a video until 12:30 a.m. She then left, but insisted she join John for breakfast the next morning. .   

John and his cousin Chris Lawford cruised West Village that night, having dinner then checked out some parties.

Thursday, July 15:

8 a.m: John had breakfast with Julie Baker at the Stanhope dining room, Cafe M.

After breakfast, John taxied to Lenox hill Hospital and his CAM Walker removed, he was given a walking cane, and a new pair of lightweight metal crutches.

10:30 a.m: He left the hospital and went to the North Moore apt for a change of clothes, and packed a weekend bag to take back with him to the hotel.

Afterwards, he stopped at Kennedy family offices on 500 Fifth avenue to retrieve his quarterly financial statement, and  bumped into cousin Chris K. Lawford. According to Lawford, John had lost his crutches was dragging his broken foot. 

Early afternoon: He had lunch with publisher Peter Jay Russo to discuss the future of George. They lunched at San Domenico on Central Park South. They lunched in his usual booth. At one point, he hobbled over on his injured ankle to hug and kiss Diane Sawyer and chat with her lunch companions, Leslie Stahl and Peggy Noonan. He told them he wasn’t letting his crutches slow him down. Restaurant co-owner Marisa May says he was in a great mood. He thanked her for always protecting his privacy. “Remember, I brought Carolyn [Bessette] here before anyone knew,” he said. “I hope to bring the whole family soon.”  

Afternoon at George: John called the edit staff into the conference room for a meeting. Then John met with the George business staff.

Later that afternoon, John showed up at La Palestra,he put in a two-hour workout, says a source, and handed studio owner Pat Manocchia a set of keys to his loft, so Manocchia could spend the weekend.

Met with Gary Ginsberg and both were driven to Yankee Stadium to watch a Yankee/Braves game.

After the game John, and Gary ate a ‘midnight snack’, and shared a car home, during which both discussed Jack Kliger, and Anthony Radziwill's sickness, John also told Gary he was ready to fly again.

After the game, John returned to his North Moore apartment to spend time with Carolyn.

Shortly after 1 a.m and by 2.am: John instructed the driver to head south on 5th avenue, because he would be staying at the Stanhope Hotel.  Friday, July 16:

9 a.m: John checked out of the Stanhope Hotel, and ate breakfast at the hotel Carlyle on Madison avenue.

10 a.m: John came into George offices, and began discussing the upcoming Rob Lowe cover. 

John also attended a meeting with Jack Kliger at the George office to discuss the future of the magazine.

John told Rosemarie Terenzio that Carolyn didn’t want to attend Rory’s wedding. Terenzio was able to convince Carolyn to attend the wedding, and told Carolyn to go shopping for a dress.

Carolyn spent nearly 2 hours in the afternoon shopping at Saks Fifth avenue for a dress with a friend.

John returned to the Stanhope to collect his papers.

At about noon, John received a telephone call from Brian Calcagne, director of sales for Air Bound Aviation. Calcagne asked John if he was planning on flying the Saratoga later that day. Confirming the flight, John asked the caller to have the aircraft ready for departure by early evening.

John then got a call from Robert Merena, a flight instructor who wanted to know if Kennedy needed somebody to accompany him to Martha’s Vineyard. John told the instructor he wanted to fly the plane himself.

1 p.m: John went to lunch with Richard Blow at the Trionfo, John was still using crutches even though his cast was off. He ordered salad, chicken in white wine sauce, and peppermint tea.

After lunch with Richard, John returned to George offices.

3 p.m: John placed a phone call to William Noonan, to cancel a dinner appointment the two had set up for later on Friday night.

5:00 p.m: John went into Richard’s office to ask him about publishing a poem in the magazine, both of them thought it was a bad idea, and John returned to his office, phoned New York literary agent Sterling Lord, and John let him know the poem won’t be published.John also wrote a rejection letter and sent it to them.  

5:30 p.m: John was on the phone with Lauren Bessette and agreed to meet her at 6:30 p.m in front of his office building. 

John informed Rosemarie Terenzio he was going to work out, then head off for the weekend.

Rosemarie Terenzio reminded John to meet Lauren in the lobby at 6:30.p.m

He then checked the Weather Service International’s aviation website to determine the weather conditions for Martha’s Vineyard.

6:30 p.m: John left George offices and went to meet Lauren.

6:45 p.m: Carolyn was seated in the back of a Lincoln Town Car en route to Essex County airport.

8:25 p.m: Carolyn called Carole Radziwill and told her “We’re getting a late start, I’ll call you in the morning.”

8:38 p.m: Tower at Essex County airport cleared John for takeoff.

9:24: John flew over Westerly, Rhode Island.

9:39 p.m: John radioed the airport and said he was 13 miles from the airport and 10 miles from the coast.

9:40 pm : John’s plane descent rate eventually exceeded 4,700 fpm (53 mph). The target's last radar position was recorded at 2140:34 at an altitude of 1,100 feet."

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Remembering JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette—Marking 20 since Plane Crash

In heartbreaking news of the death of John F. Kennedy Junior at the age of 38 along with his wife Carolyn Bassette Kennedy, 33, the world mourned the royal couple’s untimely passing 20 years ago on this day. No matter how time passes it still remains a sad memory that someone who was ahead of his time and loved by all was taken so soon.

Remarkably, JFK Jr. and Carolyn were a power couple who exuded the dream that everyone wished to have. They were in love, with a passion for their work equally. JFK Jr. was a man ahead of his time, who I believe was among the visionaries who predicted how politics and fashion will merge in the form that we use mostly now and what we call our social media, which gave rice to this digital age that we currently living in.  

His prediction took shape in the form of George, the first magazine to address politics yet from a fashionable angle, by which despite of most of the critical predictions it received before launching the first issue, he went for it and had on his first cover Cindy Crawford posing as George Washington. As he had expected, the magazine quickly flew off the shelves and became one of the bestsellers in the country, competing against the other strong publications.

Not only he worked very diligently to keep his dream going, he included his wife in the most important events, such in May 1999, George magazine hosted a table at the White House Correspondents Dinner and there one of the couple’s most famous picture was taken, capturing the ease and love they both had for each other.

JOHN F. KENNEDY JR. GIVES HIS WIFE CAROLYN A KISS ON THE CHEEK AFTER THE ANNUAL WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER IN 1999. TYLER MALLORY

“It was magical,” the magazine’s staffer RoseMarie Terenzio said of that night, according to an article published in Town&Country.

 “John was very much ready to make a splash with George. He was proud of it and thought, This is the time, this is the place, and we belong here. We just had a great time. Carolyn really was proud of John, and she was happy to be there to support him. She talked to everyone at the table and everyone at the next table. She went around to everyone on the staff and said hello,” she added.

Carolyn was someone who made sure to step away from the cameras that followed them, she kept their privacy a key element in their life, and by which there is no recorded video interview or even a print, of her showing how she spoke or what she thought in general. She was someone who was chased by the media, yet she never spoke to them.

She worked at Armani and he her sense of style was as classic and as timeless as today.  Whenever a picture surfaced on the scene of her, she was always effortlessly put together in the most elegant and classy manner that radiated confidence in the minimalistic style she regularly selected for herself.

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy with her husband John F. Kennedy Jr.  CREDIT: GETTY

 One of the ones who were really followed on the street for her sense of style and fashion sense was Carolyn, as if she was the one who unconsciously invented Street Style. Her career was a solid gold starting  as a personal shopper from Calvin Klein for someone as famous as the TV presenter Diane Sawyer, then all the way up to being Calvin Klein’s publicist working from the head office in New York.

The grace she carried herself with and mystic made her even more demanded in the media, and remembered till this day as an icon of fashion who inspires us all to become as dedicated to our sense of style and being true to ourselves. The royal couple is truly missed and the sadness still stays in our hearts over their memory leaving this life that was decades ago, yet it feels that their work and love will always be remembered and admired.

Remembering JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette—Marking 20 since Plane Crash was originally published on FLAIR MAGAZINE

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For five days in July, 1999, America was on the edge of its seat -- and on the fifth day, the nation's heart broke.

On July 16, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette had taken flight from New Jersey in Kennedy's small Piper Saratoga plane en route to Massachusetts for his cousin Rory's wedding -- and seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

On July 21, the worst fears of Americans and Kennedy fans around the globe were realized. The three bodies were retrieved by U.S. Navy divers from the broken plane on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

“It was earth-shattering,” Kennedy's personal assistant and ABC News consultant RoseMarie Terenzio said. “It was unbelievable. It was as [if] the earth had cracked in half somehow. And I could not understand how this could happen. To him of all people.”

The tragic plane crash brought an all-too-soon end to a remarkable public life that began playing out when Kennedy was only a small child.

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Fairy Tale Interrupted by RoseMarie Terenzio

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Once, when most of the editorial staff was out of the office at a group lunch, John returned from a meeting to find me at my desk.

  “Oh, you didn’t have to wait for me to get back,” he said. “You could have gone to lunch with everybody else.”

  “I wasn’t invited,” I said quickly.

  “What? Why?”

  “They never invite me.”

  I could tell John was annoyed. He didn’t tolerate people being slighted. “Come on, we’re going to lunch,” he said.

  He took me to the place where the rest of the staff was eating, and we sat three tables away, laughing and gossiping. I didn’t need to look over at their table to know they got the message.

Fairytale interrupted by Rosemarie Terenzio

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“She loved making people feel good about themselves. She was generous and down-to-earth. It was her mission to boost those around her.” -RoseMarie Terenzio (Fairytale Interrupted)

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The greatest tragedy of life is that at some point, we have to say goodbye to the people we’ve spent a lifetime loving. ― RoseMarie Terenzio

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The gap between people's intense interest and the little they actually knew about him allowed them to fill in details of their own choosing. They could easily impose their fantasies onto the blank slate of his public persona. John was the perfect storm for those with obsessive tendencies: good-looking, famous, single, and part of a family with more conspiracy theories than cousins. - Rosemarie Terenzio “Fairytale Interrupted”

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John F. Kennedy Jr.’s assistant recalls her friendship with Carolyn Bessette: ‘She was so warm and funny’

RoseMarie Terenzio still has fond memories of Carolyn Bessette, who would have turned 54 on Tuesday.