Happy Times

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Summary: What is the point!
Review: ...I bought this book thinking it would be about Jackie & Lee. It was all about Lee. Awful book. No substance. A waste of money...

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Summary: Unusual and delightful
Review: As Ms Radziwill explains in her engagingly brief introduction to this "happy" book she feels no need to add to the mountain of words already written about her family. She has instead chosen a collection of photographs and other documents that remind her of life with Jackie and others (Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Oleg Cassini...) in the 60s. It is quite beautifully done and there is a strange mystery to the sequence of images with their brief and enigmatic hand written captions. It is almost hallucinatory; or perhaps like a location shoot for a yet to be filmed movie. I like this reading of the book as something haunting, magical and poetic. Some of the pictures (the corner of a deserted terrace in Ravello or a table set with food) have the sort of quality more usually associated with art photography. Did Ms Radziwill intend to convey this quality? I don't know but I think this book will be remembered for a long time.

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Summary: Unusual and delightful
Review: As Ms Radziwill explains in her engagingly brief introduction to this "happy" book she feels no need to add to the mountain of words already written about her family. She has instead chosen a collection of photographs and other documents that remind her of life with Jackie and others (Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Oleg Cassini...) in the 60s. It is quite beautifully done and there is a strange mystery to the sequence of images with their brief and enigmatic hand written captions. It is almost hallucinatory; or perhaps like a location shoot for a yet to be filmed movie. I like this reading of the book as something haunting, magical and poetic. Some of the pictures (the corner of a deserted terrace in Ravello or a table set with food) have the sort of quality more usually associated with art photography. Did Ms Radziwill intend to convey this quality? I don't know but I think this book will be remembered for a long time.

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Summary: What to remember your own happy times? Read this book!!!
Review: EXCELLENT BOOK!!! FANTASTIC!!! Happy Times by Lee Radziwill gives the reader an intimate insight into the life and times of the famed Lee Radziwill. Take a peak through the looking glass and discover why Ms. Radziwill continues to be one of the most famous women of our time. Happy Times not only gives you a look at the happy times of the Radziwill and her family, but helps one to re-discover his or her own happy times. Purely positive, purely delightful, purely magical, purely happy times. Lee not only tells of the happy times in her life, but shows us all how happy our own lives are. Five stars, out of this world, delightful. Can't wait for the next one by Lee Radziwill.

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Summary: Poignant memories...
Review: I found this book to be charming - it's like a scrapbook - very personal and offers a glimpse at this tragic and iconic family. I thought Lee Radziwill's drawings sweet - it's not meant to be some profound statement about the Kennedy's - it just captures the spirit of the moment. I think it's an unusual and highly evocative publication - worth buying despite what some other reviews have written!

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Summary: Lee Radziwill Happy Times - Surprisingly Enjoyable
Review: I have to confess to being an addict to all things Kennedy and Jackie, especially. I bought this thinking it would be loaded with Jackie information, previously unknown. Well, I was wrong, but in the process I believe I got a truer image of her younger sister. I always had envisioned Lee living entirely, and jealously in her sister's shadow. It appears to me that after reading this book that we have done this woman a disservice. She has led a fabulous life in her own right. English estates, Beach Houses, cruising on Yachts. I found it interesting and I noted that Lee seems to have pretty impressive taste herself and was a little more conservative. (The Philadelphia Story Years notwithstanding) I was pleasantly surprised. I think it's time we allowed this woman her own space. Imagine being compared to your sister the First Lady for over half your life!

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Summary: Beautifully designed photographic treasure
Review: I just love to sit and look through this book because of its beautiful, unique photographs. There are several pictures of Jackie O throughout, but it is Lee's book and Lee herself and her friends are the primary focus. All of the pictures and text are interesting, but the best part of the book is the last section where Jackie and Lee's "One Special Summer" is published...this was the "book" they wrote and illustrated after a summer vacation.

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Summary: Beautifully designed photographic treasure
Review: I just love to sit and look through this book because of its beautiful, unique photographs. There are several pictures of Jackie O throughout, but it is Lee's book and Lee herself and her friends are the primary focus. All of the pictures and text are interesting, but the best part of the book is the last section where Jackie and Lee's "One Special Summer" is published...this was the "book" they wrote and illustrated after a summer vacation.

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Summary: save your money
Review: I was a great admirer of Mrs. Onassis and have always admired Ms. Radziwill's style. But this book is a great disappointment. The text is shallow and gives you a glossed over version of her life. Most pictures you've seen before. The few pictures you haven't seen before are collected into such small montages they're not worth viewing. In one collage, they even use the same picture twice.

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Summary: NO SUBSTANCE - NO REAL INSIGHTS
Review: I wish I could have given this book zero stars. I saw Lee Radziwill in a TV inerview when she was plugging her book - and - she offered no insights or substance then either. She was evasive with most questions and even avoided others. The book is so hyped and delivers nothing that we don't already know. I agree with some of the previous reviewers - the only reason people have bought this book is because Lee was Jackie's sister. Outside of that fact no one is really interested in Lee Radziwill's life.