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Summary: don't spend the money
Review: really a waste - i bought it for what insight it might have into the 60's time period and soley because she is jackie's sister - I've seen every photograph before and am not interested in photos of her homes. Her text offers no insight into anything and this is just a woman who hung around famous people - some of accomplishment - she herself offers nothing and reveals nothing of substance
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Summary: fantastic
Review: the most stunning book ive ever read. i coudnt put it down. i read it cover to cover. i lent it to my mom. and i took it to bed. the best bit was when the detective came in scary or what. my most favourite character is the maid elizabeth id recommend this book if you want a frightening read
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Summary: AWFUL
Review: The most stupid, self-serving book I have ever seen. I liked Lee Radziwill before this, thought that she suffered from being in her sister's shadow. Until I read this book. Horrible! The editor didn't even correct her poor grammar in the captions. Example: page 80 -- "Rudolph Nureyev, Anthony and I in Turville."
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Summary: Why Doesn't Lee Get Over It?
Review: The problem with this book and with most interviews of Lee Radziwill is her own overblown sense of importance. She imagines herself to be some type of royalty and labors to keep her privacy. What she fails to realize is that the only interest any reader would ever have in her is that she happens to be the sister of Jackie. So she can skip the plethora of pictures of herself, boring stories about "One Special Summer", etc. All that she has ever undertaken is founded upon her presumption that with minimal effort she should "start at the top." This book is a perfect reflection of her attempts to give nearly nothing and achieve great results. If she ever decides to get real and talk some substance and truth, I will gladly purchase her book....this, however, is simply an effort to ride on her sister's coattails.
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Summary: Why Doesn't Lee Get Over It?
Review: The problem with this book and with most interviews of Lee Radziwill is her own overblown sense of importance. She imagines herself to be some type of royalty and labors to keep her privacy. What she fails to realize is that the only interest any reader would ever have in her is that she happens to be the sister of Jackie. So she can skip the plethora of pictures of herself, boring stories about "One Special Summer", etc. All that she has ever undertaken is founded upon her presumption that with minimal effort she should "start at the top." This book is a perfect reflection of her attempts to give nearly nothing and achieve great results. If she ever decides to get real and talk some substance and truth, I will gladly purchase her book....this, however, is simply an effort to ride on her sister's coattails.
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Summary: Too little, too late...an uninspiring memoir...
Review: This book is a rambling collection of photographs and memories from the life of Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield Radziwell Ross. And with so many names, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that her life is spun off into many different directions and many different interests...How wonderful a real autobiography from Lee Radziwell would have been. She's play a vital, albeit supporting, role in the "Camelot" saga that has fascinated the world for the past forty years. Her book, HAPPY TIMES, in a stingy peek into that world, and almost as frustrating as her recent bout of TV interviews with Barbara Walters (who I thought was going to throttle her for the lack of ANY information Lee gave during her interview last fall), Diane Sawyer and Larry King. She has so much to tell, yet hold so much back and ultimately frustrates even her most ardent supporters. But, with three failed marriages, money woes and, most sadly, the premature death of her son, it's easy to fogive Lee her discretion. But that doesn't mean you have to buy this book. Most of the photographs are very well known indeed, some of them are even public domain photos from the national archives. There are a lot of reprinted pictures of her decorating schemes for her various houses and an entire section lifted from her 1970's book ONE SPECIAL SUMMER, which is a little beyond the pale to just reprint a whole section of an earlier book and sell it as new. Wish her well in her life, but don't buy this book.
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Summary: More sweet than bitter
Review: This was an incredible book filled with candid photographs of Lee Radziwill, her family and friends. Fortunately, you will recognize everyone in the book. The style and presentation are very mellow and you will be especially touched by the pictures of the people in Ms. Radziwill's life who were taken prematurely. The photographs of her with her children and her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy, are wonderful and unposed. This book is a fantastic addition to my coffee table. You will enjoy it, too.
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Summary: Happy Times
Review: What a disappointment this book proved to be. No real insights and certainly no new information about this shadowed sister or her famous relatives. Just endless pictures of Ms. Radziwill looking far away and dazed. Almost no pictures of 'you know who'. I returned it the same day I received it. The narrative is boring and the desire to understand this person better is very much left unsatisfied. Ms. Radziwill works so hard at maintaining her privacy that she fails to inform her readers of anthing that would be of real interest.
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Summary: Delightful!
Review: What a treat to see inside someone's personal scrapbook and photo album. This book gives us that rare treat. Ms. Radizwill and her family have had a life full of great triumphs and great tragedy. In this book, she chooses to share with us the triumphs, or 'happy times' as she refers to them. This is a great book for admirers of Ms. Radziwill, the Kennedys, or admires of style and beauty. Thanks Ms. Radziwill for sharing this beautiful collection so memories.
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Summary: Pretty, Happy pictures of Pretty, Happy people
Review: While this may not enhance your literacy, it is a beautifully put-together photo collection of a nostalgic period in our nation's history: the collective love-affair with the Kennedy family. Dress up that coffee table in Martha's Vineyard with this one.
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