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An intimate political memoir set in Washington, D.C. and Hyannisport during the turbulent 1960s.
In 1965, a young Donna Chaffee began working in Senator Robert F. Kennedy's Capitol Hill office, stepping into a world of ambition, power, and history in the making. In First Great Sorrow: My Years with Robert F. Kennedy, she offers history readers and Kennedy enthusiasts a rare first-person portrait of RFK through the eyes of a young Senate staffer navigating her own personal awakening.
From private conversations with the Senator to high-stakes moments of a tumultuous era, civil rights struggles, anti-war movements, and the Kennedy compound at Hyannisport, Chaffee unfolds a journey that captures the essence of the 1960s and the humanity behind one of America's most enduring political icons.