Class Notes - by Carolyn Wood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Class Notes follows Carolyn Wood's year of working as the governess for Senator Robert and Ethel Kennedy's children</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In May 1968 first-year English teacher Carolyn Wood takes a day off from school to campaign for Robert F. Kennedy. Invigorated by the senator's hopeful message, Wood develops big dreams to effect change beyond just her classroom. So when she's invited to be the family's governess, the appeal is undeniable. Class Notes </em>follows her journey from the classroom into the famous family-ten boisterous children and one on the way-still reeling from Robert Kennedy's assassination. From inside the Kennedy Compound, stories emerge, the glimmer of fame fades, and the young teacher who sought worldliness and sophistication discovers instead the value of enough.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"[<em>Class Notes</em> is] a journey into the heart of a famous family. Lively and colorful...the narrative at times takes on the breathless, cheerful chaos of a touch football game at Hickory Hill..." - Edward Wolf, writer and policy advocate</p><p><br></p><p>"Olympic champion, emerging teacher, governess to American royalty: Carolyn Wood crammed in more living before her mid-twenties than most folks manage in triple that span. <em>Class Notes</em> is a splendidly observed, tender-hearted story about coming into one's own in a mind-boggling environment. It's like being led backstage through a specific moment of history by a sharp-eyed and cool-headed tour guide." - Shawn Levy, author of <em>Paul Newman: A Life </em>and <em>The Castle on Sunset.</em></p><p><br></p><p>"In <em>Class Notes</em>, the Olympian, Carolyn Wood, blends literary and musical references, the dreams and sensibility of a young adult, and insights into a family the media made Americans believe we knew. In her deft prose, she offers the complicated nature of parenting, faith, politics, and most importantly, grief. <em>Class Notes</em> is an intimate, complicated, and kind portrayal of American royalty." - Kate Gray, author of <em>For Every Girl</em> and <em>Carry the Sky.</em></p><p><br></p><p>"Two weeks before his death, RFK met and saw something extraordinary in a young Carolyn Wood. You will too, in this detail-packed memoir of an exhilarating and taxing year with the Robert and Ethel Kennedy family. Sprinkled with wisdom gained over the ensuing 53 years, the universality of a young woman's desire to live a meaningful life will inspire you, even as you are awed by the rarified details of life with the Kennedys." - Laura O. Foster, <em>Portland Stair Walks.</em></p><p><br></p><p>"When I picked up Carolyn Wood's memoir, <em>Class Notes: A Young Teacher's Lessons from Classroom to Kennedy Compound</em>, I couldn't put it down; it carried me through a young woman's first year as an English teacher in Oregon to her time serving as a governess to Robert Kennedy's children immediately after his assassination. Wood becomes a servant to this famous family and her memoir explores not only issues of class and privilege, but the way grief permeated the children's lives in silent and sometimes devastating ways. Wood writes with insight and self-awareness about her own, and our nation's, starry-eyed view of the Kennedys and her revelation of their humanity." -Perrin Kerns, creative writing instructor and filmmaker</p><p><br></p><p>"I was one of those students who begged Ms. Wood to share her tales of the Kennedys with our class. She wouldn't. But twenty years later I'm finally able to read the amazing and thoughtful story of her time in Hyannis Port. It was worth the wait."- Boaz Frankel, co-author of <em>Let's be Weird Together.</em></p><p><br></p><p>"As a longtime fan of the Kennedys, reading this detail-packed memoir feels like hiring a time-travelling spy to live these experiences and tell me about them so vividly that it feels like I was there. I'm grateful this beautiful story exists." - Brooke Barker, author of <em>Sad Animal Facts</em></p><p>and co-author of <em>Let's Be Weird Together.</em></p><br>
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