Sunday, January 11, 2015

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story by Barbara Leaming ***

This biography delves much more into Jackie's life than anything else I've read. And I learned many things, some of which I'll list, not in any order:
Her father, Black Jack Bouvier, was a ladies' man, just like President Kennedy.
She was engaged to someone else when she met Jack.
She never recovered from the traumatic events of November 22, 1963, and suffered from PTSD.
She seemed to be genuinely fond of Onassis, who became very close to her children.
She didn't monopolize the attentions of Bobby Kennedy, as other books have maintained.
She didn't get along that well with Jack's sisters.



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