Cover image for Jackie, Ethel, Joan : the women of Camelot
Jackie, Ethel, Joan : the women of Camelot
Title:
Jackie, Ethel, Joan : the women of Camelot
ISBN:
9780446564632
Edition:
1st trade ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2012
Physical Description:
xv, 542 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: Long Live the Queen -- Joan... -- Jackie... -- Ethel... -- ... and the Secret Service -- Jack Defeats Nixon -- The Pre-Inaugural Gala -- Jack -- The Five Inaugural Balls -- Bobby -- The Skakels -- Not One to Feel Sorry for Herself -- White House Infidelities -- The Bouviers -- Jackie's First Meeting with Ethel -- Jack Proposes Marriage -- All of This, and More -- Joseph and Jackie's Deal -- Sisterly Advice -- The Bennetts -- A Legacy of Infidelity -- Jack's Affair with Marilyn -- Jackie's Expensive Diversion -- Madcap Ethel during the Kennedy Presidency -- Joan's Social Impasse -- Trying to Understand Each Other -- Jackie's Documentary: A Tour of the White House -- The Voice -- "Secrets Always Come Out" -- Bobby Meets Marilyn -- "Life's Too Short to Worry about Marilyn Monroe" -- Jackie's Ultimatum to Jack -- Bobby's Rumored Affair with Marilyn -- Joseph's Stroke -- At Horizon House -- The Walking Cane -- Life at the Hyannis Port Compound -- The Fourth of July in Hyannis Port, 1962 -- Joan's Many Faux Pas -- Pat Finds Jackie "So Insecure" -- Marilyn Monroe's Death -- Jackie Goes Away to Think -- The Kennedy Women Do Men's Work -- Jackie's Wicked Scheme -- The Cuban Missile Crisis -- Joan--The Senator's Wife -- Delighted to Be Pregnant -- The Deaths of Infants Arabella and Patrick -- Lee Radziwill Invites Jackie-in-Mourning -- "Not Ethel's Best Moment" -- Aboard the Christina -- Jack Summons Jackie--To No Avail -- "Ari Is Not for You" -- Jack's Rapprochement with Jackie: "Getting to Know You" -- Tragedy -- "The President's Been Shot" -- Holy Mary, Mother of God -- "The Party's Been Canceled--The President's Dead" -- In Mourning -- Tea with Lady Bird -- Thanksgiving, 1963 -- Jackie's Camelot -- "Let It All Out" -- Aftermath -- Moving Out of the White House -- Lyndon Johnson "Using Jackie" -- The Kennedy Camp on LBJ: "A Blight on the New Frontier" -- Joan's Bottled-Up Anxiety -- Jackie's Saddest Days -- Jackie and Brando--The Rumors -- Ted's Plane Crash -- Joan Wins the Election for Ted -- Jackie on the Anniversary of November 22, 1963 -- Using Jackie--Yet Again -- Joan the Emissary -- Cead Mile Failte -- Joan's Continuing Struggle -- The Rumor Mill -- RFK for President -- Enter "The Greek" -- The Appeal to Jackie -- Ethel's Thoughtless Remark -- Another Tragedy -- "The Hand of a Dead Man" -- "No God of Mine" -- Senator Robert Francis Kennedy Is Dead -- Bobby's Funeral -- "We Shall Carry on with Courage" -- Ethel--Just a Shell -- Ted Negotiates Jackie's Nuptials -- Andy Williams -- Ethel Pushes Jackie Too Far -- "Bobby's Little Miracle" -- Chappaquiddick -- Jackie Tells Ari: "I Have to Be There" -- Joan Accuses: "All You Care about Is How It Looks?" -- Ethel to the Rescue -- Mary Jo's Funeral -- Ted Asks for Forgiveness -- Joan Loses the Baby -- A Final Gathering for Joseph -- The End of Camelot -- Ted Hurts Joan Again -- Ethel's Troubled Brood -- Will Ted Run? The Joan Factor -- Joan and Ted: Creating the Illusion of a Marriage -- Joan in Control of Joan -- The Announcement: EMK for President -- Joan's White House Fantasies -- EMK's Candidacy: Not Meant to Be -- The Last Straw for Joan -- Postscript: Jackie, Ethel, and Joan after Camelot.
Summary:
Presents a look into the private lives and passions of three women in the Kennedy family.
Holds: