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Overview

Working Girl meets What Remains, the behind-the-scenes story of an unlikely friendship between America’s favorite First Son, John F. Kennedy Jr. and his personal assistant, a blue-collar girl from the Bronx.

To everyone else, John F. Kennedy Jr. may have been American royalty, but to RoseMarie Terenzio he was an entitled nuisance—and she wasn’t afraid to let him know it. RoseMarie was his personal assistant, his publicist, and one of his closest confidantes during the last five years of his life. Here she bravely recounts her own Fairy Tale Interrupted, describing the heartwarming relationship that developed between a blue-collar girl from the Bronx and a veritable prince.

After John and Carolyn’s tragic, untimely deaths on July 16, 1999, RoseMarie’s whole world came crashing down around her, along with her hopes for the future. It took more than a decade before she felt ready to tell her story that is at once a moving tribute and a very real picture of her friend and employer.

Many books have sought to capture John F. Kennedy Jr.’s life. None has been as intimate or as honest as Fairy Tale Interrupted, a true portrait of the man behind the icon—patient, protective, surprisingly goofy, occasionally thoughtless and self-involved, yet capable of extraordinary generosity and kindness. She reveals how John and Carolyn handled media attention, the reality of life behind the scenes at George magazine, and how she dealt with the ultra-secretive planning of John and Carolyn’s wedding on Cumberland Island—and the heartbreak of their deaths.

Fairy Tale Interrupted is a deeply loving story and a fascinating adventure, filled with warmth, humor, insight, and five years’ worth of unforgettable memories.

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Publishers Weekly
Talking back to John F. Kennedy Jr. was not anything Rose-Marie Terenzio, a girl from the Bronx, ever imagined herself doing. Nevertheless, this is how her relationship with Kennedy began. And in this candid memoir, Terenzio discusses the professional and personal role she played in the lives of JFK Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy. Wanting relief from the economic stress of her childhood, Terenzio felt lucky when she landed a job as a junior-level publicist with an upscale Manhattan public relations firm; then Kennedy moved into the same office. When Kennedy left to start a magazine, Terenzio became his personal assistant. In September 1995, Kennedy launched the political magazine, George. Terenzio writes, “I hadn’t even turned thirty yet, and I was working with JFK Jr. at the most intriguing magazine in the country, in what seemed like the absolute center of the universe.” Terenzio deftly reconstructs the wonderfully addictive yet strange and high-pressure world in which she worked and that the young couple navigated daily. Terenzio’s captivating story, told with style and grace, chronicles her time with Kennedy within the glorious but often brutal bubble that encircled his world, and what he taught her about living. (Jan.)
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Entertaining memoir from the personal assistant and publicist to John F. Kennedy Jr. For five years, Bronx-born Terenzio worked for the iconic JFK Jr. The author recalls tense first encounters with the dashing socialite as he insinuated himself, unannounced, into her spacious office, but eventually his persistent attempts to ease the tension worked and the two became friendly. Terenzio eventually became his personal assistant at Kennedy's start-up magazine, George. The author soon discovered that assisting a Kennedy was no easy feat, but her story makes deliriously fun reading. Juggling last-minute responsibilities and thwarting the rapacious media and "annoying hangers-on" became commonplace duties in her job working for boss who could be callous and had little patience for mistakes on a schedule overflowing with business and social engagements. Terenzio characterizes herself as a hard worker with a direct demeanor and an Italian temper, a diehard Howard Stern fan who assumed the role of Kennedy's gatekeeper, constantly "controlling access to someone who everyone wanted a piece of." She also proves herself a model of loyalty, trustworthiness and discretion during her tenure on Kennedy's payroll, most notably during his courtship to Carolyn Bessette, whose friendship Terenzio also cherished. Kennedy's tragic accidental death in 1999 would end the author's association with the family, but the memory of her dedicated service is heretofore memorialized, with obvious admiration. A fitting personal tribute to a unique boss.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781439187678
  • Publisher: Gallery Books
  • Publication date: 1/24/2012
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 8,637
  • Product dimensions: 6.30 (w) x 9.40 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

RoseMarie Terenzio was John F. Kennedy Jr.’s executive assistant from 1994 until his death in 1999. The founder of RMT PR Management, a public relations and talent management firm in New York City, she served on the board of Reaching Up, a nonprofit organization founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1998. Visit her websites: FairyTaleInterrupted.com and RMTPRManagement.com.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 2, 2012

    Awful

    bought this book on my nook color cause I am a BIG kennedy nut...but i was very disaapointed in the book...I felt the author tried to hard in the book and used her aasociation with JFK jr as a way to make money..I felt like she made herself out to be THE most important person in JFK jr's life and she was the only one who was effected by his death...she was his secratary and that was it nothing more but I felt she mad her self out to be something more to JFK jr than what she was...hate i spent so much for the book should of waited till it went on clearance or jus borrowed it from someone....

    12 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted February 3, 2012

    Touching, honest and heart warming!

    What a refreshing read about RoseMarie and her experiences. It makes you miss and appreciate JFK Jr and wonder where our world be with him today. Put it on your book club list, call your friends and buy a copy today.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 24, 2012

    HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!!

    I couldnt put this book down! One of my favorites. I loved JFK Jr. and now I love Rosie just as much! Love her NY personality and her story of her Fairy Tale Interrupted. I could read it over and over again. I read it in less than 24 hours and I have 3 kids 3, 6 & 8. I wish Rosie nothing but love and luck with her future. I would love to read more about her life. What a great read!!!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 26, 2012

    a touching recount of The author's Fairytale Interrupted...loved it!

    if anyone is expecting a tell-all about John Jr., he or she should turn his or her attention elsewhere because this is about RoseMarie's fairytale which came to a screeching halt following her boss' death. This book is the modern girl's version of the American dream. How many young career women, particularly those from humble beginnings, find themselves working for John Kennedy Jr. as a result of being ousted from their own 'I finally made it in Manhattan' office?
    RoseMarie is quick-witted and bright and her banter with John is hilarious and sweet. Her story provides just enough of a window into the kind of man John was and we see him as someone who is real and compassionate and sometimes guilty of real guy insensitivity.
    But truly...this is the author's story...and I loved it and hope to see Mila Kunis play RoseMarie in the movie because that would be great casting!

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 23, 2012

    Save your money

    Enjoyed reading about the real JFK Jr. and his wife - got very tired of reading about her smoking and subsisting on cigarettes and diet soda - who really cares about that or what size she was - didn't mind the JFK Jr/Carolyn ancedotes - who cares about her day to day - isn't that the role of an assistant. Glad I didn't buy it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 6, 2012

    Wow.

    I picked up this book because it sounded interesting. Boy, was glad I did.

    I was so moved and captivated by the nuances and details of Ms. Terenzio's life and the beautiful friendship she shared with John and Carolyn. At times, I couldn't put it down and was so affected by it, that I found myself alternatively laughing then crying.

    A must read. Thank you, Ms. Terenzio.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2012

    couldnt put it down

    it was all about authors rise to the top working for jfk jr but very interesting, a must read. couldnt put it down

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2012

    A must read!

    I couldn't put this book down and I would recommend it to anyone!

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  • Posted February 3, 2012

    Great Read-Read the whole thing in one sitting

    Wonderful book.....could not put it down. Beautiful story highlighting JFK, Jr. and is wife, Carolyn. This book showed their personalities from an insider's point of view. Just fascinating. don't miss this one.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 3, 2012

    LOVED THIS BOOK!

    This book is a most read for anyone. It is wonderfully written and gives such a good insight into a world not many people know.

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  • Posted January 31, 2012

    dont bother

    Another one of JFK Jrs loyal friend writing a tell all.
    Not such an interesting book, mostly about Rose Maries job.
    People are buying it due to the cover and the supposed subject matter.
    Shame on you Rose Marie

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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