Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Author:Stephen Birmingham The woman behind "The Smile"... — Is she vulnerable or calculating? — Unaffected or spoiled? — Generous or a penny-pincher? — Shy or a publicity seeker? — Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis has never gone unnoticed. As a child she was advised y a worshipful father always to hold something back from her public, to keep them gu... more »essing, and, above all, to be different. She has succeeded brilliantly in doing just that.
One of the most celebrated women in history and surely the most photographed woman of our time, Jacqueline Onassis has nevertheless remained an enigma to millions of Jackie-watchers. But now Stephen Birmingham skillfully and sensitively delves behind the public mask of this endlessly fascinating woman to give us a richly detailed and compelling portrait.
Here is an intimate look at Jackie as an introspective child, a sparkling debutante, a reluctant political wife, a devoted mother, a history-making First Lady, an awesome widow, a much-criticized wife of an again millionaire, and an independent New York career woman. Through this perfect blending of author and subject the essential Jackie emerges at last.
The text is augmented by thirty-two pages of telling photographs that chronicle all aspects of her life.« less