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for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
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Laura G. (Conroe, TX)
Must read!
I am glad that this book was cancelled for the book club, it is a very intense book about Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis and her life with John F. Kennedy, before and after the Presidential assassination. I have read several books about her, but nothing quite like this. This book extensively digs into the assassination and the aftermath of her PTSD in the years that followed her until her death. This book really makes you feel empathetic to her and what she went though. I do like the authors research in the background of Jacqueline and the years that followed her. This book was hard to get through sometimes and I found myself tearing up during most of it. I could only imagine what she went through into seeing the love of her life getting assassinated. She was a National treasure, a clothing trendsetter, and a very beautiful woman. I highly recommend this book and think this book makes a wonderful addition to any library.
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Laurie F. (Brookline, MA)
Wealth, Position in Life Do Not Buy Happiness
A new, very well documented journalized biography of Jackie O through the eyes of PTSD. Leaming explains what drove Jackie into the situations, people and places she experienced after the murder of JFK. It poses the questions was Jackie destined for unhappiness throughout her life experience despite being groomed for the culture and society of Newport, RI? Or did the demon of PTSD after witnessing the brutal execution of her husband propel her into constant despair. It seems only at the end of her life did she start to build her own world, on her own terms, did she begin to escape the psychological demons. Definitely a recommended read!
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Shirley H. (Brown Deer, WI)
Interesting Perspective
This book engaged me with its perspective on Jackie Kennedy. It also shattered any images I had remaining about the Camelot image of the JFK era, giving me more details than I may want to know. It leaves me with sadness that this relationship was filled with such emotional abuse of repeated unfaithfulness. It came as no surprise to me that Jackie is considered to have suffered from PTSD.
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Robin N. (La Quinta, CA)
A Different Perspective of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I have read a number of books about the Kennedy family, the wives and extended family. It is such a complex set of characters and spell-binding, each and every one. So I wanted to read this book and was interested if there could be new information or perspective on JBKO. The author does indeed deliver. From the author's perspective, the widow suffers from PTSD, and the clarity of examples seems to affirm this theory. I learned a lot about the world that she lived in, and truly how fragile she was, in the first terrible year, but really for years to come. This would be a good book for book clubs to discuss and ponder and would also be of interest for anyone who is interested in the Kennedy history. The book is well written and clearly presented.
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Marcie M. (Chantilly, VA)
Jacquelin Bouvier Kennedy Onnassis The Untold Story
Being a native Washingtonian politics have always been front and center in my life. I was very excited to read this book as I have been fascinated with Jackie all of my life. I was very excited to get an advanced copy. I had always thought of Jackie as a very strong woman woman. Reading about her struggle with post traumatic stress syndrome was very surprising to me. While being in the public eye, her private turmoil was just not scene. I felt such compassion towards her as a widow and wife and mother. What a great book.
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Laura M. (Huntsville, TX)
A new view
Writing about a woman known and admired the world over in a new and fresh way must be difficult, kind of like writing about Princess Diana. I had never really thought much about the emotional trauma that must have lingered until the end of her life. This book is well written and interesting, and does present a new look at someone I thought I knew about.
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Patricia H. (Norman, OK)
A Woman of Substance
Jackie was ambitious courageous and artistic. She loved politics but it didn't love her. Her college years and early married life are not well known but help to explain the tremendous pain she suffered when Jack died. Her reasons for marrying Onassis aren't well known but are explained well; all in all she was a very strong woman who endured much. The book is a good read for anyone who remembers the Camelot years and wants to know more. Well written and well documented through letters and personal conversations. Somewhat intense.
