Jackie Ethel Joan Women of Camelot
Tarraborrelli, J. Randy.
Place Published: New York:
Publisher: Warner Books,
Date Published: 2000.
Description: STATED FIRST PRINTING. The book is VERY GOOD with bumped bottom edges, water stain to page 412 and 413, owner's inscription on front paste down. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with minor shelf wear. 528 pages with index plus 24 pages black & white photos. Dust jacket notes read: "If ever three women would be changed, and challenged, by their marriages, they would be Jacqueline Bouvier, Ethel Skakel, and Joan Bennett. None of them, as radiant brides, could have been prepared for the fame, tragedies, and difficult lives awaiting them. As they struggled to cope with their husbands' infidelities and scandals, the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, and the harsh glare of constant media attention, they would become like sisters, reaching out to one another with comfort and consolation. But, like sisters, they would also compete with one another, argue, and become estranged, sometimes for years. Now, horn J. Randy Taraborrelli, the bestselling author of Sinatra: A Complete Life, comes a biography that for the first time truly captures their special sisterhood. JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN carefully separates fact horn innuendo and explores the women's complex relationships with one another, as well as with the ambitious, raucous, and powerful Kennedy clan that nearly devoured them all. Here, in new details, are firsthand revelations about Jackie's determination to never allow her duties as First Lady to cloud her own sense of identity or interfere with her devotion to her children ... Jackie's true feelings about JFK's relationship with Marilyn Monroe-and the surprising way she dealt with Marilyn's death ... how Ethel and Joan chose to handle their husbands' infidelities, each in her own distinctive way ... how Joan courageously battled a drinking problem, with Jackie's support and advice ... Ethel's and Joan's actions during the Chappaquiddick incident-and Jackie's opinion about that tragedy ... and the jealousy and love that emerged among the Kennedy wives when it seemed that first Ethel and then Joan could be the next Kennedy First Lady. J. Randy Taraborrelli shows us their most private lives with a wealth of information available to no other biographer. Based on extensive research, including copious interviews with those closest to the Kennedy family, never-before published oral histories from the JFK and LBJ Libraries, and stunning insights from letters and tapes published here for the first time, JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN presents a balanced, psychologically astute, affectionate, and fascinating portrayal of three extraordinary women ... and shows us their courage in a way that may inspire our own."
Edition: First printingBinding: 1/4 cloth
Condition: Very Good in Near Fine DJ
ISBN: 0446524263
Book Id: 17502
Price: $11.50
