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...rigors of marriage to politics and Ted Kennedy proved too much for Joan, and she slipped into drink. She never needed much: she grew glassy-eyed after two drinks, often passed out after three...
Teddy's attraction for women made things worse. Said Joan last summer: "Of course [the stories] hurt my feelings. They went to the core of my self-esteem...
...terrible cycle of family tragedies shattered whatever strength Joan could muster: two brothers-in-law assassinated, her husband's near fatal plane crash, Chappaquiddick, which was followed a month later by a third miscarriage, then her son's leg amputation for cancer at twelve. She attempted a succession of cures: reviving a music career that had faltered, then psychiatrists, alcoholism sanitariums, even megavitamin therapy...
...nearly two years Joan has been struggling alone to recover. Early in 1978 she moved to a spacious apartment in Boston's Back Bay, devoid of political memorabilia but graced by a Steinway baby grand. It is, she told her children, "Mommy's apartment, not Daddy's." She strained to make a life of her own; studying for a master's degree in education at Lesley College, fund raising for the arts, even dating a few "safe...
...privacy and anonymity of Boston have helped to steady Joan, but she has also been lonely, and she has suffered guilt over the distance from her children, especially Patrick, 12. But Daughter Kara, 19, spent a happy summer with Joan, and both she and Brother Teddy Jr., 18, drive up often for weekends...