Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days - Softcover

Klein, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143034995 ISBN 13: 9780143034995

Publisher: Penguin Mass Market, 2005

Synopsis

In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of her death, a moving portrait chronicles the final days in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as she battled non-Hodgkins lymphoma, looking at her remarkable accomplishments and her relationships with her children, grandchildren, and companion Maurice Tempelsman. Reprint.

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About the Author

Edward Klein is the author of numerous books, including The New York Times bestseller The Kennedy Curse. He covered John F. KennedyÂ's 1960 presidential campaign and was foreign editor of Newsweek and editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine.

From Publishers Weekly

With so many books out there about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, one has to wonder what fresh insights might be found in this latest portrait. Klein's angle is to offer "a missing piece of Jackie's remarkable story"-her battle with cancer-on the 10th anniversary of her death. While he's billed as a personal friend of Jackie's (although admittedly not a close one), it's hard to see how his relationship with her lends nuance or depth to his writing. Klein has written a slew of books about the Kennedys (most recently the bestselling The Kennedy Curse), and this slim tome feels padded. While readers do get details about her last days, they often come from questionable sources, like her manicurist, who observes, "She liked to keep her nails and toenails natural and clean looking" and "I heard she was sick.... But I didn't know so many details." One also has to wonder why a former friend would need to resort to sources like this. Scenes of Jackie's last moments and actual death are moving by their nature. But the portrait we get-that she was strong, that she loved her family, that she died on her own terms-is nothing new. In fact, Klein stresses throughout Jackie's need for privacy, so his offering of such intimate physical detail-whatever the source-while not explicitly exploitative in tone, does come off as unseemly. What would Jackie think? B&w photos.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0143034995
• ISBN 13: 9780143034995
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 256