The Kennedys had long considered their home in Hyannis Port, 'The big white house', to be a haven from their busy lives. Yet in the summer of 1944, against the backdrop of WWII, the events that unfolded for them there would change the family forever.

Beginning its story in the May of that year, The Kennedys at Cape Cod 1944 paints an intimate picture of those few months. As the younger Kennedy children and their parents settled into their summer refuge at Hyannis Port, this book follows the scandal of Kick's marriage to William 'Billy' Cavendish, Jack's recovery from injury sustained in the line of duty, and Joe Jr's secret bombing missions over Europe. Exploring the innermost hopes, fears and anxieties of each Kennedy as these events played out over the summer, it concludes with the event that would change them forever; the tragic death of Joe Jr.

Offering a close account of the months leading up to this momentous moment, The Kennedys at Cape Cod 1944 gives an unparalleled understanding of how the Kennedys experienced this 'turn in the road' that moved the limelight onto the next brother, Jack, and changed the course of American political history.