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Jackie, Ethel, Joan : the women of Camelot / J. Randy Taraborrelli.

by Taraborrelli, J. Randy.

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Grand Central Pub., 2012.

973.9220922 K35tj

Kennedy family.

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994.

Kennedy, Ethel, 1928-

Kennedy, Joan Bennett.

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 -- Family.

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Family.

Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009 -- Family.

Politicians -- Family relationships -- United States.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

Legislators' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

9780446564632 (pbk.)

044656463X (pbk.)

xv, 542 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: Long live the queen -- Joan -- Jackie -- Ethel -- and the secret service -- Jack defeats Nixon -- The pre-Inaugural gala -- Jack -- The five inaugural balls -- Bobby -- The skakels -- Not one to feel sorry for herself -- White House infidelities -- The bouviers -- Jackie's first meeting with Ethel -- Jack proposes marriage -- All of this, and more -- Joseph and Jackie's deal -- Sisterly advice -- The Bennetts -- A legacy of infidelity -- Jack's affair with Marilyn -- Jackie's expensive diversion -- Madcap Ethel during the Kennedy presidency -- Joan's social impasse -- Trying to understand each other -- Jackie's documentary: a tour of the White House -- The voice -- "Secrets always come out" -- Bobby Meets Marilyn -- "Life's too short to worry about Marilyn Monroe" -- Jackie's ultimatum to Jack -- Bobby's rumored affair with Marilyn -- Joseph's stroke -- At Horizon House -- The walking cane -- Life at the Hyannis Port Compound -- The fourth of July in Hyannis Port, 1962 -- Joan's many faux pas -- Pat finds Jackie "so insecure" -- Marilyn Monroe's death -- Jackie goes away to think -- The Kennedy women do men's work -- Jackie's wicked scheme -- The Cuban missile crisis -- Joan--the senator's wife -- Delighted to be pregnant -- The deaths of infants Arabella and Patrick -- Lee Radziwill invites Jackie-in-mourning -- "Not Ethel's best moment" -- Aboard the Christina -- Jack summons Jackie--to no avail -- "Ari is not for you" -- Jack's rapprochement with Jackie: "getting to know you" -- Tragedy -- "The president's been shot" -- Holy Mary, mother of God -- "The party's been canceled--the president's dead" -- In mourning -- Tea with Lady Bird -- Thanksgiving, 1963 -- Jackie's Camelot -- "Let it all out" -- Aftermath -- Moving out of the White House -- Lyndon Johnson "using Jackie" -- The Kennedy Camp on LBJ: "a blight on the new frontier" -- Joan's bottled-up anxiety -- Jackie's saddest days -- Jackie and Brando--the rumors -- Ted's plane crash -- Joan wins the election for Ted -- Jackie on the anniversary of November 22, 1963 -- Using Jackie--yet again -- Joan the emissary -- Cead mile failte -- Joan's continuing struggle -- The rumor mill -- RFK for president -- Enter "the Greek" -- The appeal to Jackie -- Ethel's thoughtless remark -- Another tragedy -- "The hand of a dead man" -- "No God of mine" -- Senator Robert Francis Kennedy Is dead -- Bobby's funeral -- "We shall carry on with courage" -- Ethel--just a shell -- Ted negotiates Jackie's nuptials -- Andy Williams -- Ethel pushes Jackie too far -- "Bobby's little miracle" -- Chappaquiddick -- Jackie tells Ari: "I have to be there" -- Joan accuses: "All you care about Is how it looks?" -- Ethel to the rescue -- Mary Jo's funeral -- Ted asks for forgiveness -- Joan loses the baby -- A final fathering for Joseph -- The end of Camelot -- Ted hurts Joan again -- Ethel's troubled brood -- Will Ted run? The Joan factor -- Joan and Ted: Creating the Illusion of a Marriage -- Joan in Control of Joan -- The Announcement: EMK for President -- Joan's White House fantasies -- EMK's candidacy: not meant to be -- The last straw for Joan -- Postscript: Jackie, Ethel, and Joan after Camelot.

A detailed look at the complex relationships shared between the three women who were not born Kennedy but who married into the family: Jackie Bouvier, Ethel Skakel, and Joan Bennett. For each of the Kennedy wives, the Camelot years provided an entirely different experience of life lessons. These were the years when Jackie's dreams became reality, but at a hefty price. For Ethel, these were years of frustration where her dreams of being First Lady were dashed and she sank into a deep depression. For Joan, her years as a Kennedy wife were the most confusing of her life, and she is now a recovering alcoholic. This fascinating story is set against a panorama of explosive American history, as the women cope with Jack's and Bobby's alleged affairs with Marilyn Monroe and their tragic assassinations. The Kennedy wives did it all with grace, style, and dignity.

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