All Too Human [Anglais] [Poche]

Edward Klein shows that, despite their glamorous public lives, the Kennedys were as human as the rest of us. Through details on the couple's most intimate moments, including Jackie's defloration in a Paris elevator, and her amusing, albeit catty, disposition (kept under wraps because of her political standing), the ivory tower of their existence seems less out of reach. With chapter titles such as "Indiscreet," "Love Lies Bleeding," and "Pleasure First" the book reads a bit like a romance novel, but with a biting touch of reality. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

As Klein, a former editor of the New York Times Magazine, notes in the acknowledgments for his book, people who knew the Kennedys have been increasingly willing to talk about them since Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's death?which means that a lot of what used to be gossipy conjecture is now being authoritatively fleshed out. Klein lists more than 200 people who agreed to be quoted with attribution for his book, and cites many more sources as well; what he has come up with can surely be regarded, therefore, as thoroughly vouched for. It is an extraordinary story, of the physically frail but sexually voracious President (among many ailments, according to Klein, was a longstanding venereal infection) in a battle of wills with a wife as determined to live her own life as he was to live his. Her passion as a mother seems to have been the only constant for her, having lost two children, one by miscarriage and the other at birth (the two others were born with difficulty); and the book begins and ends with her trying to ensure that John and Caroline hear only the best about their father. For Kennedy, despite all his charm, comes across as a ruthlessly selfish person who found close relationships, other than those with macho bragging companions, difficult. For all Klein's efforts to put some heart into the marriage?and it certainly seems clear that they were growing closer at the time the President was shot?much of their life together seems to have been inspired by opportunism on both sides. What will strike many readers is how emotionally difficult?"all too human"?the Kennedys were: he with his brash drive, his deep cynicism, his basic contempt for women (as learned from his father), she with her spoiled upbringing and passionate attachment to her own lamentable father. Klein's book is a swift, dramatic and colorful read, even if he hasn't painted quite the picture he seems to think he has. Photos not seen by PW. First serial to Vanity Fair; BOMC selection.
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A former editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine chronicles the tragic relationship between JFK and Jackie.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Mr. Klein ... adopts the annoying habit of putting quotation marks around conversation whose precise content he cannot possibly know. --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.

Elizabeth Gleick Time Vivid...poignant...makes for swrift and astonishing reading.

The private bonds that united John and Jacqueline Kennedy hove always remained shrouded in secrecy and misunderstanding. Now Edward Klein, a former editor of The New York Times Magazine -- and a friend of Jackie -- recreates the Kennedy marriage in unprecedented detail, shedding new light on the relationship at the heart of Camelot. From their first meeting in 1951 to the President's assassination in 1963, this is a rich, personal portrait of the couple, and answers the questions millions hove posed:

• Was Jack in love with Jackie? And was she in love with him?
• Did Jack's father Joseph Kennedy, arrange his son's marriage?
• Did events on their honeymoon shape the future course of their marriage?
• Was Jackie aware of Jack's compulsive womanizing and how did she react?
• Did Jackie have affairs of her own?
• Did the enormous strains of the presidency -- and the tragic death of their infant son Patrick -- draw Jack and Jackie closer together?

Impeccably researched end brimming with fresh information, ALL TOO HUMAN reveals the private husband end wife behind the grand image -- while presenting their haunting love story for the first time in all its most intimate facets.

A portrait of the Kennedy marriage offers insight into Jack and Jackie's true feelings for one another, Joseph Kennedy's role in the match, their alleged extramarital affairs, and the impact of the presidency on their relationship. Reprint.

The private bonds that united John and Jacqueline Kennedy hove always remained shrouded in secrecy and misunderstanding. Now Edward Klein, a former editor of The New York Times Magazine -- and a friend of Jackie -- recreates the Kennedy marriage in unprecedented detail, shedding new light on the relationship at the heart of Camelot. From their first meeting in 1951 to the President's assassination in 1963, this is a rich, personal portrait of the couple, and answers the questions millions hove posed:

Was Jack in love with Jackie? And was she in love with him?

Did Jack's father Joseph Kennedy, arrange his son's marriage?

Did events on their honeymoon shape the future course of their marriage?

Was Jackie aware of Jack's compulsive womanizing and how did she react?

Did Jackie have affairs of her own?

Did the enormous strains of the presidency -- and the tragic death of their infant son Patrick -- draw Jack and Jackie closer together?

Impeccably researched end brimming with fresh information, ALL TOO HUMAN reveals the private husband end wife behind the grand image -- while presenting their haunting love story for the first time in all its most intimate facets.

Edward Klein Edward Klein was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1936. He is a well-known writer and editor with a distinguished career in American journalism. He covered John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, served as a foreign correspondent in Asia, and was foreign editor of Newsweek. During his eleven years as editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, it won the first Pulitzer Prize in its history. His articles have appeared in New York; Manhattan, inc.; Parade; and Vanity Fair. Coauthor of If Isreal Lost the War and author of The Parachutists, Edward Klein lives with his wife in New York City and Bridgehampton, Long Island. Author photo: Gasper Tringale