{"title":"Donna Chaffee","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"author-bio-B00IK3KRW0\" class=\"a-row stores-row stores-widget-atf\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-content-id=\"widget:author-bio-B00IK3KRW0\" data-csa-c-painter=\"AmazonStoresAuthorBio\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"author-bio-B00IK3KRW0\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-widgetid=\"author-bio-B00IK3KRW0\" data-widgettype=\"AuthorBio\" class=\"a-column a-span12 stores-column\" data-csa-c-id=\"cvewp3-ogs6x3-ajddpr-cg6exn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"AuthorBio-author-bio-B00IK3KRW0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"observer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AuthorBio__author-bio__Rfsag\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AuthorBio__author-bio__column__c_Zxe AuthorBio__author-bio__content__XjmhK\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"AuthorBio__author-bio__author-biography__WeqwH\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDonna Chaffee was born and raised in Los Angeles and attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she began working in Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s Capitol Hill office in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAfter transferring to the University of California, Berkeley during her junior year, she remained connected to Kennedy’s political circle, working in his Senate office during the summer of 1967 and later volunteering for his 1968 presidential campaign. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Political Science and went on to spend more than twenty years working as a financial manager for Los Angeles County.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn retirement, Chaffee has traveled to more than seventy countries, taken more than fifty cruises, and become actively involved in wildlife conservation efforts in Africa, including volunteer work at a cheetah sanctuary in Namibia. She also runs a large online community dedicated to protecting cheetahs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eHer previous novel, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOverboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, was a quarterfinalist in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award competition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"author-cards-author-stores-about-bottom-B00IK3KRW0\" class=\"a-row stores-row stores-widget-atf\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-csa-c-content-id=\"widget:author-cards-author-stores-about-bottom-B00IK3KRW0\" data-csa-c-painter=\"AmazonStoresAuthorCards\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"author-cards-author-stores-about-bottom-B00IK3KRW0\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-widgetid=\"author-cards-author-stores-about-bottom-B00IK3KRW0\" data-widgettype=\"AuthorCards\" class=\"a-column a-span12 stores-column\" data-csa-c-id=\"wmwfzz-63t8zo-cqeor0-2804mv\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"AuthorCards-author-cards-author-stores-about-bottom-B00IK3KRW0\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-great-sorrow-my-years-with-robert-f-kennedy","title":"First Great Sorrow: My years with Robert F. Kennedy","description":"\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 0)\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA firsthand political memoir set inside Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate office (1965–1968), offering an intimate portrait of the man behind the myth and a young woman’s coming-of-age amid the turbulence of 1960s America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst Great Sorrow: My \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eYears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e with Robert F. Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e, Donna Chaffee offers a rare and intimate portrait of one of America’s most legendary political figures \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e told not by a historian, but by someone who knew him personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn 1965, at just eighteen years old, Chaffee joined Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate staff in Washington, D.C. Over the next three turbulent years, she witnessed history from inside the halls of power during the civil rights movement, the Vietnam era, and the political upheaval that defined a generation. But history is only part of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThrough private conversations, evening rides home from the Capitol, and unforgettable moments inside the Kennedy world—from Hyannisport summers to campaign trail chaos—Chaffee reveals the deeply human side of the man millions admired but few truly knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAt the same time, she chronicles her own coming-of-age in 1960s America—navigating ambition, admiration, trauma, and the emotional shock of a nation shattered by tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eRich with never-before-shared stories, vivid historical detail, and powerful personal reflection, \u003ci\u003eFirst Great Sorrow\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e a moving memoir about power, loss, and the complicated humanity behind political legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor readers fascinated by the Kennedys, the 1960s, and the people who stood just outside history’s spotlight, this unforgettable memoir offers a perspective never told before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Donna Chaffee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":53351762461040,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/2274\/9296\/files\/FirstGreatSorrowWeb.jpg?v=1772853275"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0897\/2274\/9296\/collections\/thread-viewer.jpg?v=1778616388","url":"https:\/\/librarytalespublishing.com\/collections\/donna-chaffee.oembed","provider":"Library Tales Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}