Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot by J. Randy Taraborrelli (2000)

Jackie, Ethel, Joan:  Women of Camelot
by J. Randy Taraborrelli
Publisher:  Warner Books
Copyright:  2000
Book Club Edition

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, from 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 from 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 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.

Condition:  Used.  Hardcover.  Dust cover is lightly discolored and shows shelf wear.  Pages are tanning from age.  Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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