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Once Upon a Secret - by Mimi Alford
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9781400069101
- Book Title
- Once Upon a Secret : My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.6 in
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, United States / 20th Century, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Presidents & Heads of State
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.8 in
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400069106
ISBN-13
9781400069101
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108188466
Product Key Features
Book Title
Once Upon a Secret : My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Women, United States / 20th Century, Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Presidents & Heads of State
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"With the benefit of hindsight and good old-fashioned maturity, [Mimi Alford] writes not just about the secret, but the corrosive effect of keeping that secret. . . . You can't help liking her, or her elegant and thoroughly good-natured book." -The Spectator "What [Alford] sacrificed in lucre she has more than recovered in credibility and dignity."- The Washington Times "Compelling . . . a polished voice telling a credible story you can take to the bank."- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Explosive . . . searingly candid." -New York Post
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.922092 B
Synopsis
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country--and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and, after just three days at the White House, she was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair that would continue for the next eighteen months. In an era when women in the workplace were still considered "girls," Mimi was literally a girl herself--naïve, innocent, emotionally unprepared for the thrill that came when the President's charisma and power were turned on her full-force. She was also unprepared for the feelings of isolation that would follow as she fell into the double life of a college student who was also the secret lover of the most powerful man in the world. Then, after the President's tragic death in Dallas, she grieved in private, locked her secret away, and tried to start her life anew, only to find that her past would cast a long shadow--and ultimately destroy her relationship with the man she married. In 2003, a Kennedy biographer mentioned "a tall, slender, beautiful nineteen-year-old college sophomore and White House intern, who worked in the press office" in reference to one of the President's affairs. The disclosure set off a tabloid frenzy and soon exposed Mimi and the secret that she had kept for forty-one years. Because her past had been revealed in such a shocking, public way, she was forced, for the first time, to examine the choices she'd made. She came to understand that shutting down one part of her life so completely had closed her off from so much more. No longer defined by silence or shame, Mimi Alford has finally unburdened herself with this searingly honest account of her life and her extremely private moments with a very public man. Once Upon a Secret offers a new and personal depiction of one of our most iconic leaders and a powerful, moving story of a woman coming to terms with her past and moving out of the shadows to reclaim the truth.
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