The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis - Hardcover

Caroline Kennedy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786868090 ISBN 13: 9780786868094

Publisher: Hyperion, 2001

Synopsis

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. Once you can express yourself, she wrote, you can tell the world what you want from it. Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mothers favorite poems by such renowned authors as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings, and Robert Frost. The book also includes a poem written by Jacqueline Kennedy and is illustrated with photographs of the Kennedy clan. This is a wonderful volume for reading aloud or by yourself and a meaningful gift or keepsake for Mothers Day.

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About the Author:

Caroline Kennedy is the editor of the New York Times bestselling A Patriot's Handbook, Profiles in Courage for Our Time, The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, A Family of Poems, and the coauthor of The Right to Privacy and In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action. She serves as the Vice Chair of the Fund for Public Schools in New York City and President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She lives in New York City.

From AudioFile:

The love of literature that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis shared with her family comes alive in this collection of over a hundred poems divided into seven sections that show a breadth of interest including the likes of Shakespeare, Yeats, and Dickinson as well as Cummings, Longfellow, and Millay. And, of course, the Kennedys' beloved Robert Frost. This is a lovely presentation. Caroline Kennedy introduces each section with a nice blend of grace and nostalgia as she reminisces about how the poems fit into the life of the Kennedy clan. No information is given about the seven narrators, who all read in a comfortably low-key manner, never giving the impression that they are overdoing their performances to make sure listeners know they are hearing Thespians Read Poetry. Claire Bloom gives the strongest performances, especially when she reads Keats. The CD package includes a numbered listing of each poem, author, and reader. All in all, a wonderful sampler presented with respect for the listener and the poets. P.B.J. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2002 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0786868090
• ISBN 13: 9780786868094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192