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A Woman Named Jackie
by C.David Heymann
Product Group: Book
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (1989-05-22)
ISBN: 0434329363
EAN: 9780434329366
Hardcover: 320 pages
SKU: 18909
Condition: Collectable Like New
Comments: FIRST EDITION. Lyle Stuart, 1989. WITH GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS! HARDCOVER W/GILT LETTERING. DUST JACKET and pages are in MINT CONDITION, clean & tight. Ships immediately.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A biography of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
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Customer Reviews
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A Good Read, but be prepared for the ugly truth...
Rating  (4)
Date: 2001-08-11
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
...that JFK's Presidency and marriage to Jackie were not romantic fairytales. Heymann has done an impressive amount of interviews and research, and while some readers may argue with his interpretation of certain events, there's no doubt that he's done his homework. This book follows Jackie from her surprisingly unhappy childhood, which was marked by an ugly divorce between her dashing yet womanizing and big-spending father and her uptight, social-climbing and rather cold mother. Jackie was a definite daddy's girl - she adored her father and never seemed to care too much for her mother or the second man she married, wealthy stockbroker Hugh Auchincloss. Thereafter comes the familiar story - she grows into a beautiful and sophisticated young woman (who emphasizes her father's French ancestry and ignores her mother's Irish heritage), attends the best women's private schools in the US and France, becomes engaged to a nice yet boring young stockbroker; but then breaks off the engagement when she begins dating a sexy and exciting US Senator who just happens to come from a wealthy family - John F. Kennedy. Then comes the high-society wedding, the rocky marriage (made so by Jack's constant cheating and Jackie's aloofness from her in-laws), her glamorous tour as First Lady, the assassination, and finally her controversial marriage to the crude yet wealthy Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. Although Heymann tries to be objective and fair to his subject, the book does seem to emphasize the flaws and dark sides of Jack and Jackie. Some readers who have a romantic view of Jackie may not want to read this book, as it will definitely destroy your romantic view of her. Yet while she had her flaws, there's no denying her now-legendary poise during her husband's funeral or her outstanding role in raising her two children to be good citizens and good people. Overall, this is an engrossing warts-and-all biography of one of the most famous women of the twentieth century.
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Much, much better than I had expected
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-12-12
As a British reader born after the 1960s I did not really know that much about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. A friend gave me this book and I began to read it out of a sense of duty. By the end of the first chapter I was hooked! I thought this was an exceptionally well written and researched biography that gives a very balanced view of a fascinating personality and period. The background to the Onassis wedding and the sections on JFK are especially good. It has left me wanting to read more about America in the 60s.
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Fascinating!
Rating (4)
Date: 1999-09-28
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This gives you everything you've ever wanted to know about Jackie Onasis. It also mentions on the first page that Jackie's mother's family were "lace curtain Irish." Many people mistakenly believe that Jackie was all French, but she was actually half French. Her mother's family emigrated from Cork, Ireland, and her grandfather had a rags to riches story. That wealth is the main reason that Jack Bouvier married Jackie's mother, Janet Lee. The whole book is exciting, and I would recommend it to anyone.
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If you've never read on Jackie, PLEASE buy this!
Rating (5)
Date: 1998-07-17
I bought this book about five years ago at my local bookstore just out of curiosity. I liked the cover and the price and I've always like biographies. I had seen the mini-series on the book and so I was interested in reading the book. I seriously could not put it down! Like all biographies, the first two or three chapters were sort of boring, but once it started talking about Jackie's childhood and beyond...well, what can I say...ever since, I've been a "Jackie" fan. I really fell in love with her character and her style. She had to put up with so much in life and she endured such loss and heartache in life, yet she remained a rock in crisis until her tragic death. It has been said that she taught the world how to mourn during the death and burial of her first husband, President John F. Kennedy. This saying is so true. She mourned with elegance and grace and yet the world embraced her and still embraces her memory even four years after her own death. ! ! She truly is a legend and one of the most famous women who has ever walked this earth. This book will really open your eyes to a beautiful lady who was extremely intelligent and classy....A Woman Named Jackie.
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A thorough account of Jackie O's life - the good and the bad
Rating (4)
Date: 1998-01-06
Through the author's detailed investigations, Jackie's life unfolds with all its complexities as one of the century's most famous lifestory. Here you can catch a glimpse of the "real" Jackie in excerpts of actual conversations and observations that the author was able to obtain from those who knew her on a personal level and those who watched from the sideline. The conspiracies and the tragedy of the Kennedy White House years can shock the reader. The Onassis years and her life of high society can also entertain the reader. At times, Jackie comes through, remaining unscathed and there is a sense of admiration for her. However, intimate details of Jackie's foibles can also generate criticism. This is a true biography of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and makes for entertaining as well as worthwhile reading in that you gain a proper perspective of who she really was. I highly recommend it.
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