When she was First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy achieved a life beyond her wildest dreams. Then, in a split second in Dallas, she lost it all.
This is the story of a woman who struggles to recapture her old life with all its power and glory, only to discover that the key to her happiness lies where she least expects it - in the simple pleasures of family, friendship, work and nature.
Edward Klein, a friend of Jackie Onassis for many years, takes us behind the public image to give us a story that has never been told before. It is a myth-shattering portrait, amassing exclusive information from private documents and correspondence, FBI files, and hundreds of interviews with Jackie's friends, associates of Aristotle Onassis and people familiar with her longtime companion, the mysterious diamond merchant Maurice Templesman. Many people break their silence here for the first time, answering provocative questions:
- Did Jackie marry Onassis only for his money?
- How did Jackie feel when Onassis resumed his affair with Maria Callas?
- What was the real reason Jackie's marriage to Onassis fell apart?
- How did Jackie overcome her tarnished reputation after Onassis died?
- What role did Maurice Templesman play in Jackie's life?
- How did Jackie cope with her final illness?
Much more than a portrait of a famous celebrity, Klein's captures the essence of a captivating woman, whose passion for wealth was matched only by her deep need for privacy. Klein reveals for the first time how Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis finally found the love and contentment she was searching for all her life.
