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A Woman Named Jackie: An Intimate Biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
by C. David Heymann
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Citadel (1994-11)
ISBN: 1559722665
EAN: 9781559722667
Dewy Decimal #: 973.922092
Hardcover: 766 pages
Edition: Upd Rev Su
SKU: 23178
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: 1ST EDITION, Carol Publishing, 1994.THE HARDBACK BOOK! UNABRIDGED! WITH GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS! Hardcover w/gilt lettering, Dust Jacket and pages are in FINE CONDITION, clean and tight. LOOKS GREAT. Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. Overseas will be shipped by Air Mail.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In this intimate portrait of the world's most famous and elusive woman, we learn really went on in the Kennedy White House, aboard the Onassis yacht, in the raising of the two Kennedy children, and so much more. A Woman Named Jackie is a startling account of the complexities and contradictions of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's fascinating life and character.
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Customer Reviews
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decent, Kitty Kelley, tabloidesque book on Jackie
Rating  (3)
Date: 2006-01-15
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is actually not too bad of a book on Jackie Kennedy, just a little too tabloidesque in style. That said, there are some gems inside---Secret Service agent Marty Venker's opinions on JFK's extra-marital affairs and his confirmation that Jakcie was angry at Secret Service agent Bill Greer for not speeding up the limousine in time to save her husband's life on 11/22/63. Worth a look.
Vince Palamara
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Balanced View
Rating  (4)
Date: 2005-07-21
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I liked this bio of jk..ive read many and this seems the most fair. It has alot of commentary from ppl who knew her..which is the only way one could learn about this intensly private person anyway. Alot of people recomend other books on Jackie, like America's Queen (great photos) or The Kennedy Years, but in my opinion most books portray her as too angelic, as to be unrealistic. If I felt that this book was all about "dirt" i wouldve given it 1 star, but on the contrary I think its very balanced: some people say they liked jackie, some thought she was a snob, in reality, they're probably both right, depending on who they were and when they met her (as it is with most of us)
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read anything other than this
Rating  (2)
Date: 2004-03-11
There are so many other books about jackie kennedy. The best are "Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years". It gives such great insight into the marriage of Jack and Jackie Kennedy. It has many excellent interviews with white house insiders who knew both very well. Another is America's Queen. These two books do an excellent job of not focusing on simply retelling the stories of Jackie's life but examning her life and the choices she made. The books I just mentioned are not puff pieces and they are not dedicated, like this book is, to showing the "dark side" as if these two peolple were only pitiful, sad people. Jackie Kennedy Onassis was a extreemly complex person, something this book simply does not express enough.
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Utterly Boring
Rating  (1)
Date: 2004-02-05
9 out of 15 customers found this reveiw helpful
There is precisely ONE interesting chapter in this long-winded tome: the day JFK was assassinated. The rest is so trivial that it defies belief. One cannot help but wonder how a person can live such a shallow, superficial life without committing suicide out of sheer boredom.
Jacquie's entire existence was a seemingly endless round of shopping, cocktail parties, and lavish holidays. She comes across as thoroughly despicable, as a person totally consumed by acquiring every petty object she lays eyes on. It makes for very DULL reading - you keep waiting for something to happen, but nothing ever does because her life was meaningless. What is most outrageous, is this enduring myth that she was a great mother, devoted to her son and daughter. Infact, she shipped them off to boarding school at heartbreakingly young ages, spending what amounts to a few months out of an entire year with either of them. How she has managed to maintain this aura of respect and awe is beyond me - all she ever did was shop and take vacations. Despite her millions, she was decidedly ungenerous, contributed almost nothing to any worthy cause, and lived a self-centered, self-absorbed life. If JFK hadn't been killed, she would have gone done in history like any other rich, country-club wife of a former president. This is hands-down the most boring biography I've ever read.
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The Definitive Report on an American Icon
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-07-26
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE is the definitive biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, a woman who shaped her time every bit as much as she symbolized it.For those who remember well the 1960's, author C. David Heymann does a remarkable job of reporting the memorable moments. And those who do not remember the 60's will be well-informed by this book, not only about the woman who is its focus, but also about her impact on that era of expectation and optimism. As much as any single person, she created the energy of a decade which we now realize in hindsight was a watershed in modern life. The influence of Mrs. Onassis lasted long after that tragic day in 1963. Today, the very name of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is symbolic that all that is fine, and her memory reminds us of that very special time that she, herself, referred to as "Camelot." A WOMAN NAMED JACKIE is her definitive biography.
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