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Summary: A Kinder Camelot Than We've Seen Before
Review: This is the first book I have read by J. Randy Taraborrelli, and I was impressed. I am distantly related to the Kennedys -- a distant cousin -- so I like to think I know a little bit (probably not much) more than the "normal" reader. But even I didn't know this material. Taraborrelli approached his women of Camelot with such grace and evenhandedness, he makes other biographers of the women seem like samari warriors. I most enjoyed reading about the differences in the Kennedy women's background prior to their marrying into the powerful family. These are three very different people --- Jackie, Ethel and Joan -- and in reading about them you wonder if they ever would have known each other or spent a second with one another had they not married into the family. (Though I do think, from reading this book, that Jackie and Joan may have been friends, anyway ... though I don't know how they would have met.) Taraborrelli writes about the rumors having to do with Jackie and Bobby (not true, he says) and Marilyn and Bobby (again, not true, he says) and Marilyn and JFK (very true, and much to Jackie's ongoing unhappiness.) Plus there's lots of political suspense in the book, too -- though we all know how it works out in the end. I enjoyed this book tremendously and would recommend it to anyone. You don't even have to like the Kennedys to enjoy this, it's such a good read. A-Plus effort, and thank you Amazon for giving me a chance to voice my opinion.
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Summary: A Thought-Provoking Work
Review: I loved this work because it really made me think about my own family. In this story, Jackie and Ethel had let Onassis come between them always believing that there was time to deal with the estrangement he had caused. But then Jackie died, much too soon, leaving Ethel to wonder if she ever really knew how she (Jackie) had felt about her. I found this so incredibly moving, an object lesson about life that reminded me that, really, there isn't always enough time to reconcile old differences with loved ones. This is a book about families, about people trying to do the best with their troubled lives, about women being difficult with one another and then being loving to each other ... it's a book about human beings and human nature I enjoyed this book so much. Thank you Mr. Taraborrelli for making Jackie, Ethel and Joan come to life for me. How can I now let them go?
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Summary: Solid Kennedy Research
Review: I was always under the impresion that these three Kennedy women barely even knew one another. This books tells a great and emotional story. But it's also well-researched and historically relevant. Political wives, in a sense, maybe haven't changed that much. Jackie Kennedy and Hillary Clinton have a lot more in common than you might think, especially after reading this book. I read the whole thing in three sittings ... very enjoyable. My thanks to Amazon for making it so readily available before the stores had it!
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Summary: An emotional work of art!
Review: At first I didn't think I was interested in the Kennedy women, but then I began reading J. Randy Taraborrelli's book and I was hooked. I got so wrapped up in their lives I found I couldn't stop thinking about them, even after I finished the book. This fabulous book brings the Kennedy's into our own backyard and makes them human inside thier greatness. I loved it. Great work Mr. Taraborrelli. And thank you for the wonderful journey.
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Summary: Finally, the Kennedy book I've been waiting for.
Review: I have followed the Kennedy family's highs and lows through the years and often found myself wanting to know more about these three women. In the past, biographies have focused on the Kennedy men, and their wives seemed overlooked as subjects. This thorough look at the lives of the Kennedy wives gives the reader an insiders feel. The mystery of the Chappaquidick incident was never so clearly explained, and many of the intriguing facts surrounding Marilyn Monroe's affair with JFK are put into perspective. This book was obviously well researched, and kept me up until the wee hours reading. After finishing the book, I realized that I had never really had a very strong opinion of either Joan or Ethel, they were always more second fiddles to Jackie. But all three were incredible ladies whose surprising friendship with one another was well worth the 500 pages written by the talented Taraborrelli.
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Summary: Couldn't Put it Down
Review: "Jackie, Ethel, Joan" is such a good read, I couldn't put it down. For anyone who wants to know about the sisterhood shared by the Kennedy wives, this is the place the go. Taraborrelli has done his research. I'm a Kennedy expert, or at least I like to think I am, and I learned so many new facts about these ladies, especially Jackie who is portrayed here in a way that is completely different ... and I think much more realistic. The whole bit about Jackie having compassion for Marilyn Monroe surprised me, I have to admit. I have a whole new respect and sense of admiration for Jackie ... and also for the ambitious Ethel and long-suffering but finally victorious Joan ... after reading J. Randy Taraborrelli's latest tome. What a movie this is going to make!
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Summary: WOW! What a great book about three great ladies!
Review: "Jackie, Ethel, Joan -- Women of Camelot" is such a wonderful and exciting read. It is both fascinating and touching -- often having me in tears. Each character is so well defined, by the end of the book the reader feels that he or she has truly lost a "friend." The way Jackie assisted poor Joan during Joan's times of crisis in her marriage and with her alcoholism was beautifully documented by the author, who had great sources. And Ethel's eccentricities, yet the way they all loved her despite them, reminded me of so many women in my own family. I was also happy to see that the picture of Jackie painted here by author Taraborrelli is so unique. Unlike in other books about her, he doesn't dwell on silly things like her spending habits, but rather on how she related to the other people in her family, always with grace and dignity. Sometimes she could be a little bitchy ... but that was Jackie, too, and the author writes about that side too. And I loved the way Jackie handled her husband, so self-empowered in her refusal to let him believe that she was naive to his unfaithfulness. The material about Jackie and Marilyn Monroe held me spell-bound. Please buy and read this great book, "Jackie, Ethel, Joan," if you really want to laugh, cry and have a good time. I loved it.
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Summary: Jackie, Ethel, Joan -- One-of-a- kind Kennedy Biograpy
Review: If ever three women would be changed and challenged by their marriages, they would be Jacqueline Bouvier, Ethel Skakel and Joan Bennett. None of them, as radiant brides could have been prepared for the fame, tragedies and difficult lives awaiting them, As each struggled in her own way to cope with her husbands' infidelties and scandals, the assassinations of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, the complexity of the Marilyn Monroe matter that had so vexed Jackie, and the harsh glare of constant media attention, they would become like sisters, reaching out to one another for comfort and consolation. But like sisters, they would also compete with one another, argue and become estranged, sometimes for years -- as did Jackie and Ethel over Aristotle Onassis. Now, from J. Randy Taraborrelli, comes a biography that for the first time truly catures their special sisterhood. "Jackie, Ethel, Joan" carefully separates fact from innunendo and explores the women's complex relationships with one another as well as with the ambitious, raucuous and powerful Kennedy clan that neary devoured them. For years we have treated the Kennedy men's unfaithfulness almost as an eccentricity, and in doing so we've overlooked something very important. There were victims involved. After all, these were married men who had wives ... who suffered. J. Randy Taraborrelli now shows us the Kennedy wives' private lives with a wealth of information availabe to no other biographers. Based on extensive research, including copious interviews with their closest friends, never-before-published oral histories from the JFK and LBJ Libraries, and stunning insights from letters and tapes published here for the first time, "Jackie, Ethel, Joan" presents a balanced, psycholgically astsute, affectionate and fascinating portrayal of three extraordinary women ... and shows us their courage in a way that may insipre our own.
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Summary: DELICIOUS DISH DELICIOUSLY READ
Review: Just when we thought we knew all there was to know about the Kennedy clan Taraborrelli proves we didn't. Of course, much of what we now discover reads like a tabloid tell-all. These women had nothing in common save for their last name - soignee Jackie wasn't about to get on a touch football field with athletic Ethel. Shy, later alcoholic Joan, was sandwiched between the two of them. History? No. Tawdry tattled tales? Yes. If gossip is your meat, it doesn't get any juicier than this - deliciously read by Beth Fowler.
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Summary: Jackie Ethel Joan
Review: This is a great book especialy if you are interested in history or the Kennedys. Even if you aren't it is still a great book. It keeps your intrest and does not bore you with things you don't want to read about. I strongly recommend reading it.
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