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Jackie by Dawn Tripp
4.0
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review
This novel follows the fictionalized but historically influences life of the woman known as Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
This novel begins with a snapshot of the immediate aftermath of the assassination of JFK and what could be going through her mind in those moments. We jump right into the day Jackie met the man who was going to end up being her husband. We follow her journey from that day forward. Her work as a reporter, reluctantly dating Jack to quickly falling for him. Everything she gave up for his political career, motherhood, what it was like being the First Lady. The tremendous losses she experienced in life, her second marriage to a man who both helped her and hurt her. Her rise to adoration and the fall from grace. Her career in publishing, and her years living life on her own terms.
The days of Jackie O and JFK were way before my time, but their story and legacy shaped the way life is lived today. I have always been fascinated by the woman Jackie was, and this fictionalized exploration of her life really filled the gap in my knowledge. It made me think of her as a human being rather than the figurehead I saw her as. The author did such a good job of really making Jackie come to life on the page. It must have required hours upon hours of research to get the character and events right, and although we will never really truly know all the facets that comprised Jackie, I can definitely admire the work the author put in and her interpretation of perspective of Jackie.
This novel follows the fictionalized but historically influences life of the woman known as Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
This novel begins with a snapshot of the immediate aftermath of the assassination of JFK and what could be going through her mind in those moments. We jump right into the day Jackie met the man who was going to end up being her husband. We follow her journey from that day forward. Her work as a reporter, reluctantly dating Jack to quickly falling for him. Everything she gave up for his political career, motherhood, what it was like being the First Lady. The tremendous losses she experienced in life, her second marriage to a man who both helped her and hurt her. Her rise to adoration and the fall from grace. Her career in publishing, and her years living life on her own terms.
The days of Jackie O and JFK were way before my time, but their story and legacy shaped the way life is lived today. I have always been fascinated by the woman Jackie was, and this fictionalized exploration of her life really filled the gap in my knowledge. It made me think of her as a human being rather than the figurehead I saw her as. The author did such a good job of really making Jackie come to life on the page. It must have required hours upon hours of research to get the character and events right, and although we will never really truly know all the facets that comprised Jackie, I can definitely admire the work the author put in and her interpretation of perspective of Jackie.