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Farewell, Jackie
by Edward Klein
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market (February 22 2005)
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The Real Jackie
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is still so much with us that it is hard to believe she has been gone for ten long years. Perhaps that is because the blazing klieg lights of attention that pursued Jackie during her lifetime did not forsake her in death.

Part 2
Jackie's love of horses started at an early age. As a child of six, she began schooling in dressage - the art of controlling a horse with subtle movements of the hands, legs, and weight.

Part 3
After Onassis died in 1975, Jackie was automatically eligible again to receive the sacraments of the Church. But almost fifteen years after his death, Jackie was still struggling to cleanse her reputation of the tabloid sludge.



Book Description

A moving account of the final days of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

In November 1993 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis took a tumble from her horse during a hunt in Virginia. A scarce six months later, on May 19, 1994, this fascinating woman of substance, style, and steely will passed away in her Park Avenue home. Farewell, Jackie by bestselling author Edward Klein, who knew Jackie for more than a dozen years, is the moving account of those last months and a celebration of the life of an American icon who faced death as she faced life - with all the bravery and grace of a woman who had long inspired the nation.

Chronicling the circumstances of Jackie's diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the astonishing pace of the cancer's progress, the treatments she endured, and the ones she refused, Klein recounts her heart-wrenching story, celebrating Jackie's life. Farewell, Jackie is a regal tribute and an inspiring account of the last days of a woman whose legacy endures in post-Camelot America.

About the Author

Edward Klein

Edward Klein is the author of The Kennedy Curse; Farewell, Jackie; and several other New York Times bestsellers. He is also the former foreign editor of Newsweek and former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine. He is a frequent contributor to Vanity Fair and Parade..

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