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A sensitive portrait of what sort of profound tragedy altered one of America's most visible families. Their matrimony is the main topic of countless literature. His presidency has been pored over minute by minute by historians. They resided their lives in the general public eyes and under a microscope that magnified all of their flaws, all of their scandals, all of their tragedies. Now Steven Levingston, nonfiction editor at the Washington Post, reveals a devastating story in unprecedented depth, about a child John and Jackie Kennedy cherished and lost. On August 7, 1963, heavily pregnant Jackie Kennedy collapsed, marking the start of a harrowing day . 5. The doctors and family went into full emergency mode, including a helicopter ride to a clinic, a scramble by the President to join her from the White House, and a C-section to deliver a baby boy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, five . 5 weeks early with a severe respiratory ailment. The infant was so frail he was immediately baptized. Over the next 39 hours the country viewed and waited. The vigil was spread across the front pages of the newspapers; the country viewed the life of Patrick unfold on the night news. Within the Kennedy family, the dilemma was changing the leader and his matrimony. Both he and Jackie, long known for his or her cool exteriors, were brought together by a shared sadness and love as they never had been. Although baby Patrick succumbed after 39 hours, his father was born anew through the tragedy. The Kennedy Baby is a vibrant drama of the national tragedy and private stress for the Kennedy family, taking readers through the lead up to the birth, the ordeal in a healthcare facility, and JFK's personal progress through his hardship and the improvement toward a improved matrimony - a breakthrough even more acute in light of the tragedy that loomed only months away.
