Jackie After Jack: Portrait of the Lady (The Jackie [Kennedy] Chronicles)

Compelling." ---People
"Undeniably a guilty pleasure." ---Newsweek
"Comes closest to making Jackie sparkle." ---New York Times
"Amazing tidbits are offered on every page." ---USA Today

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"Jack was the love of my life. No one will ever know a big part of me died with him."

Jackie Kennedy was only thirty-four when Camelot ended in a blaze of gunfire on November 22, 1963. With JFK, she had captured the world's imagination. Without him, she would hold it until her own death three decades later--and beyond. For all that has been written about her, Jackie guarded her privacy so fiercely that she remains veiled in mystery and mystique.

In this highly-anticipated sequel to his bestselling book Jack and Jackie: Portrait of an American Marriage, Christopher Andersen draws on previously sealed archival material and newly declassified documents--as well as important sources that have agreed to speak here for the first time--to paint a sympathetic yet often startling portrait of Jackie in all her rich complexity. Among the revelations:

*Important new information about Dallas and its aftermath--including Jackie's harrowing battle with suicidal depression.

*Previously unreported romances with world-famous men, including Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra

*Stunning revelations about her stormy marriage to the Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis

*"If you bungle raising your children, whatever else you do doesn't matter very much": How Jackie avoided the Kennedy perils in raising her children.

*Jackie's spiritual quest, and new details about her brave final days.

Alone after Dallas, Jackie summoned the strength, grace, and dignity to go on. Jackie After Jack traces this remarkable woman's personal journey--and captures the drama, humor, glamour, and heartache that have made Jackie an enduring source of fascination and inspiration for millions.