My 26-year-old daughter, Olivia, recently told me she had been binge-watching Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette on FX/Hulu. A hopeless romantic, she said she was fascinated by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy — the breathtaking fashion publicist who captured the heart of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Born a year after the Kennedys’ tragic plane crash, Olivia hadn’t known much about their story. I asked her, “Did I ever mention that Carolyn and I went to Boston University at the same time? In fact, we were both in a BU calendar — and a poster.”
“Why have I never heard this before?” she asked.
That sent me rummaging through the back of my closet in search of proof. Sure enough, there it was: a wrinkled “Women of Boston University” poster and a somewhat tattered 1988