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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

The Untold Story

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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

By: Barbara Leaming
Narrated by: Eliza Foss
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The untold story of how one woman’s life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trauma.

Barbara Leaming’s extraordinary and deeply sensitive biography is the first book to document Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ brutal, lonely, and valiant 31-year struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following JFK’s assassination. Here is the woman as she has never been seen before. In heartrending detail, we witness a struggle that unfolded at times before our own eyes, but which we failed to understand.

Leaming’s biography also makes clear the pattern of Jackie’s life as a whole. We see how a spirited young woman’s rejection of a predictable life led her to John F. Kennedy and the White House, how she sought to reconcile the conflicts of her marriage and the role she was to play, and how the trauma of her husband’s murder, which left her soaked in his blood and brains, led her to seek a very different kind of life from the one she’d previously sought.

A life story that has been scrutinized countless times, seen here for the first time as the serious and important story that it is. A story for our times at a moment when we as a nation need more than ever to understand the impact of trauma.

©2014 Barbara Leaming (P)2014 Macmillan Audio Entertainment & Celebrities Mental Health Politicians Politics & Activism Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Women Celebrity Marriage Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Vietnam War

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An extremely incisive book on the life of Jacqueline Kennedy after the Presidents assassination. Thoroughly recommended.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

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Would you consider the audio edition of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis to be better than the print version?
YES

What did you like best about this story?
It was very revealing in two ways. It showed for the first time that Jacky Kennedy Onassis suffered PTSD (not understood at the time of the assassination) for 31 years. The second thing was the insight into how PTSD affects thee sufferer. A truly amazing and thoughtful book

Which scene did you most enjoy?
Hard to say. Harold MacMillan's kindness to her, as he was in WW1 and had experience of trauma

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The fact Jacky told anyone she met, in detail, what had happened in Dallas - reliving it endlessly. It became clear that she had not just lost her husband - she had an appalling experience that no-one really considered properly

Any additional comments?
The Vietnam war was the turning point for sufferers - after that it became clear that terrible shock makes you ill but the sufferer can be helped

UNDERSTANDING PTSD

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I was so taken aback by the life of Jackie Kennedy. There was so much of her life that history forgets. A fascinating read

Excellent book

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Who knew that Jackie Kennedy suffered the rest of her life of Extreme PTSD after the assassination of her husband President JFKennedy? Not me, so this well written book is very interesting and revealing.
Jackie unaware of her condition suffered terribly during her life because little was known or understood about PTSD in the 60s.
At last-minute book that does her justice and credit for a much maligned and misunderstood life..

Absolutely brilliant

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excellent and most authentic account I have read. excellent explanation and understanding of the dynamucs

great read

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Loved this book, a completely different view of Jackie. A definite must listen for anyone interested in seeing her through fresh eyes!

What an amazing insight.

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Before I purchased it I wish I'd known the actual premise for the writing of this book. The author alleges that following her husband's assassination the subject suffered PTSD for 31 years! Consequently every decision, interaction, quotes etc made by the subject are set in this context and I suspect edited accordingly.

Post traumatic stress disorder huh?

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I was excited to learn how this woman survived such an horrendous experience but found it told in a very boring way.

Disappointed

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From listening with sympathy and also curiosity, I got to a point I even couldn't finish the book because it goes on and on and on and it is draining

Exhausting

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It's so sad to hear how Jackie kept drawing the short straw in life. Her woes are well documented. She surely didn't deserve the awful denigration by public opinion and being hunted by paparazzi after that terrible event in Dallas. There is information here which I've not heard before. The book is well written and well narrated. Although I knew the ending beforehand..... I still cried.

Sad sad story

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