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The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death.. Born into the spotlight, John F. Kennedy Jr. lived a short but remarkable life filled with expectation, ambition, family pressures, love, and tragedy. JFK Jr. dives deep into his complicated psyche and explores the what-ifs, illuminating both the cultural and political moment he inhabited and the way this son of a president, so full of promise and possibility, embodied America's most cherished hopes.
About the Author
RoseMarie Terenzio is the author of the New York Times best selling book "Fairy Tale Interrupted: A Memoir of Life, Love and Loss. " She has worked in the fields of entertainment, politics, fashion and publishing in a public relations and marketing capacity for over a decade. Ms. Terenzio worked with John F. Kennedy, Jr. from 1994 until his death in 1999. She was Kennedy's executive assistant and oversaw his press and philanthropic causes. Additionally, she oversaw the marketing and publicity departments of George magazine. After Kennedy's death in 1999, she worked with Caroline Kennedy on resolving John F. Kennedy, Jr. 's estate until 2000. In 2000, Ms. Terenzio was hired by Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign to work on celebrity outreach. After that, she booked talent for and co-produced the New York Magazine Awards which aired on WNBC-TV. Ms. Terenzio then went to work with PR Consulting to oversee events for Narciso Rodriguez, Hermes and Viktor & Rolf. She expanded her public relations skills into talent management, booking actors on shows such as Sex and the City and Law & Order and various Broadway and off-Broadway shows. In 2003, Terenzio produced the off-Broadway play, "Touch" starring Tom Everett Scott with the Women's Project and Productions which received an extremely favorable review in The New York Times. Ms. Terenzio founded RMT PR Management, a public relations and talent management firm in New York City in 2004. The firm's clients include Nobu restaurants, Gemini 14 hair salon, Jim McLean Golf Schools, Me & Ro jewelry, James Carville and Paul Begala, relationship expert, Steven Santagati, several fiction and non-fiction books and the Hope & Heroes Children's Cancer Fund at Columbia University Medical Center, among others.RoseMarie Terenzio serves on the board of Reaching Up, a non-profit organization founded by John F. Kennedy, Jr. in 1998 and as an advisory board member at Women's Project and Productions.Ms. Terenzio's interests include politics, media and fashion. She loves cooking and the beach and she's a great mimic.
