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Praise for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
"An intimate and revealing look at one of the 20th century's most remarkable—and misunderstood—women." —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Barbara Leaming
"An intimate and revealing look at one of the 20th century's most remarkable—and misunderstood—women." —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Barbara Leaming
“The depth and drama of her storytelling deserves especially high praise.” —The New York Times Book Review on Katharine Hepburn
“Leaming's narrative soars.... Masterful.” —Washington Post Book World on Jack Kennedy
“Engrossing...Restores Marilyn's humanity...A gripping and corrective book.” —The New York Times on Marilyn Monroe
"A fascinating work." —The New York Post on Mrs. Kennedy
"Bona fide new material ... meticulous research ... achingly moving." —The Washington Post on Mrs. Kennedy
"Leaming paints a moving portrait of Jackie as she tried valiantly to make her marriage work and find a place for herself and her gifts." —USA Today on Mrs. Kennedy
"It makes both Kennedys seem utterly human, flawed, and some of it will break your heart." —Liz Smith, New York Post on Mrs. Kennedy
"A fabulous success… the first book to plumb Jackie’s marital horrors in such heart-stopping detail." —The Philadelphia Inquirer on Mrs. Kennedy
"An absorbing and enjoyable book." —New York Times Book Review on Jack Kennedy
"History improves on itself! I never thought I'd want to read a book about JFK again.... reads like a high-society thriller." —The New York Post on Jack Kennedy
"A fine biography of John F. Kennedy." —Jon Meacham on Jack Kennedy
"The great merit of Barbara Leaming’s new book is to demonstrate how dependent the young Kennedy became upon a charmed circle of British noblemen, and also how obsessed he became with the need to match himself with that greatest of Anglo-American aristocrats, Winston Churchill." —Christopher Hitchens on Jack Kennedy
"I am astounded at Barbara Leaming’s almost uncanny perception of the workings of his mind." —John Julius Norwich on Churchill Defiant
From the Author
PTSD & JACKIE KENNEDY by Barbara Leaming
Our country is in the midst of a national crisis over PTSD. Great numbers of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet our society still understands very little about what PTSD is and the suffering it causes to those who live with it. Jackie Kennedy's experience of PTSD is at the heart of my new biography, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story. It is the reason I decided to write the book.
The story of Jackie's 31 year struggle with PTSD that I was able to detail and document--much of it seen from Jackie's own perspective, often in her own heartbreaking words--affords us an important chance to see up close and in vivid detail just what PTSD means to someone who has had a traumatic experience. It is also in a real sense a remarkable story of survival, the story of someone fighting for her sanity when no one understood what was wrong, when she was repeatedly under assault by society, and when the trauma was repeated.
Importantly, this is also a story which puts a name and face we know to the overwhelming reality of the suffering of someone afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder. Moreover, her trauma was also a national trauma, a trauma we all witnessed--the assassination of JFK in which Jackie was soaked in her husband's blood and brains.
Jackie Kennedy spent decades in the public eye, but it now becomes frighteningly clear how little we understood of what we saw. It is time to set the record straight. Jackie's story is both important history and a history for our time.
Of all the books I've written none has meant more to me in emotional terms and none has made me feel more acutely the responsibility I have in writing it--a responsibility not just to my subject herself but to those who are suffering from PTSD.
Our country is in the midst of a national crisis over PTSD. Great numbers of veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have returned suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet our society still understands very little about what PTSD is and the suffering it causes to those who live with it. Jackie Kennedy's experience of PTSD is at the heart of my new biography, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Untold Story. It is the reason I decided to write the book.
The story of Jackie's 31 year struggle with PTSD that I was able to detail and document--much of it seen from Jackie's own perspective, often in her own heartbreaking words--affords us an important chance to see up close and in vivid detail just what PTSD means to someone who has had a traumatic experience. It is also in a real sense a remarkable story of survival, the story of someone fighting for her sanity when no one understood what was wrong, when she was repeatedly under assault by society, and when the trauma was repeated.
Importantly, this is also a story which puts a name and face we know to the overwhelming reality of the suffering of someone afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder. Moreover, her trauma was also a national trauma, a trauma we all witnessed--the assassination of JFK in which Jackie was soaked in her husband's blood and brains.
Jackie Kennedy spent decades in the public eye, but it now becomes frighteningly clear how little we understood of what we saw. It is time to set the record straight. Jackie's story is both important history and a history for our time.
Of all the books I've written none has meant more to me in emotional terms and none has made me feel more acutely the responsibility I have in writing it--a responsibility not just to my subject herself but to those who are suffering from PTSD.
More About the Author
Barbara Leaming is a NY Times bestselling author. Three of her books have been NY Times Notable Books of the Year. Her most recent book, "Churchill Defiant: Fighting On 1945-1955," received The Emery Reves Award from the International Churchill Centre. Her groundbreaking biography of America's 35th President, "Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman," was the first to detail the lifelong influence of British history and culture and especially of Winston Churchill on JFK. Leaming's articles have appeared in the NY Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, the Times of London and other magazines.
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