Trying to Understand Each Other
Jackie’s Documentary: A Tour of the White House
The Voice
“Secrets Always Come Out”
PART THREE
Bobby Meets Marilyn
“Life’s Too Short to Worry about Marilyn Monroe”
Jackie’s Ultimatum to Jack
Bobby’s Rumored Affair with Marilyn
Joseph’s Stroke
At Horizon House
The Walking Cane
Life at the Hyannis Port Compound
The Fourth of July in Hyannis Port, 1962
Joan’s Many Faux Pas
Pat Finds Jackie “So Insecure”
Marilyn Monroe’s Death
Jackie Goes Away to Think
PART FOUR
The Kennedy Women Do Men’s Work
Jackie’s Wicked Scheme
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Joan—The Senator’s Wife
PART FIVE
Delighted to Be Pregnant
The Deaths of Infants Arabella and Patrick
Lee Radziwill Invites Jackie-in-Mourning
“Not Ethel’s Best Moment”
Aboard the Christina
Jack Summons Jackie—To No Avail
“Ari Is Not for You”
PART SIX
Jack’s Rapprochement with Jackie: “Getting to Know You”
Tragedy
“The President’s Been Shot”
Holy Mary, Mother of God
“The Party’s Been Canceled—The President’s Dead”
In Mourning
Tea with Lady Bird
Thanksgiving, 1963
Jackie’s Camelot
“Let It All Out”
Aftermath
PART SEVEN
Moving Out of the White House
Lyndon Johnson “Using Jackie”
The Kennedy Camp on LBJ: “A Blight on the New Frontier”
Joan’s Bottled-Up Anxiety
Jackie’s Saddest Days
Jackie and Brando—The Rumors
PART EIGHT
Ted’s Plane Crash
Joan Wins the Election for Ted
Jackie on the Anniversary of November 22, 1963
Using Jackie—Yet Again
Joan the Emissary
Cead Mile Failte
Joan’s Continuing Struggle
PART NINE
The Rumor Mill
RFK for President
Enter “The Greek”
The Appeal to Jackie
Ethel’s Thoughtless Remark
Another Tragedy
“The Hand of a Dead Man”
“No God of Mine”
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy Is Dead
Bobby’s Funeral
“We Shall Carry on with Courage”
Ethel—Just a Shell
PART TEN
Ted Negotiates Jackie’s Nuptials
Andy Williams
Ethel Pushes Jackie Too Far
“Bobby’s Little Miracle”
PART ELEVEN
Chappaquiddick
Jackie Tells Ari: “I Have to Be There”
Joan Accuses: “All You Care about Is How It Looks?”
Ethel to the Rescue
Mary Jo’s Funeral
Ted Asks for Forgiveness
Joan Loses the Baby
A Final Gathering for Joseph
The End of Camelot
PART TWELVE
Ted Hurts Joan Again
Ethel’s Troubled Brood
Will Ted Run? The Joan Factor
Joan and Ted: Creating the Illusion of a Marriage
Joan in Control of Joan
The Announcement: EMK for President
Joan’s White House Fantasies
EMK’s Candidacy: Not Meant to Be
The Last Straw for Joan
Postscript: Jackie, Ethel, and Joan after Camelot
Acknowledgments and Source Notes
A Preview of After Camelot
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Table of Contents
Welcome
Dedication
A Note From the Author
Epigraph
Prologue: Long Live the Queen
PART ONE
Joan…
Jackie…
Ethel…
… and the Secret Service
Jack Defeats Nixon
The Pre-Inaugural Gala
Jack
The Five Inaugural Balls
Bobby
The Skakels
Not One to Feel Sorry for Herself
White House Infidelities
The Bouviers
Jackie’s First Meeting with Ethel
Jack Proposes Marriage
All of This, and More
Joseph and Jackie’s Deal
Sisterly Advice
The Bennetts
PART TWO
A Legacy of Infidelity
Jack’s Affair with Marilyn
Jackie’s Expensive Diversion
Madcap Ethel during the Kennedy Presidency
Joan’s Social Impasse
Trying to Understand Each Other
Jackie’s Documentary: A Tour of the White House
The Voice
“Secrets Always Come Out”
PART THREE
Bobby Meets Marilyn
“Life’s Too Short to Worry about Marilyn Monroe”
Jackie’s Ultimatum to Jack
Bobby’s Rumored Affair with Marilyn
Joseph’s Stroke
At Horizon House
The Walking Cane
Life at the Hyannis Port Compound
The Fourth of July in Hyannis Port, 1962
Joan’s Many Faux Pas
Pat Finds Jackie “So Insecure”
Marilyn Monroe’s Death
Jackie Goes Away to Think
PART FOUR
The Kennedy Women Do Men’s Work
Jackie’s Wicked Scheme
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Joan—The Senator’s Wife
PART FIVE
Delighted to Be Pregnant
The Deaths of Infants Arabella and Patrick
Lee Radziwill Invites Jackie-in-Mourning
“Not Ethel’s Best Moment”
Aboard the Christina
Jack Summons Jackie—To No Avail
“Ari Is Not for You”
PART SIX
Jack’s Rapprochement with Jackie: “Getting to Know You”
Tragedy
“The President’s Been Shot”
Holy Mary, Mother of
God
“The Party’s Been Canceled—The President’s Dead”
In Mourning
Tea with Lady Bird
Thanksgiving, 1963
Jackie’s Camelot
“Let It All Out”
Aftermath
PART SEVEN
Moving Out of the White House
Lyndon Johnson “Using Jackie”
The Kennedy Camp on LBJ: “A Blight on the New Frontier”
Joan’s Bottled-Up Anxiety
Jackie’s Saddest Days
Jackie and Brando—The Rumors
PART EIGHT
Ted’s Plane Crash
Joan Wins the Election for Ted
Jackie on the Anniversary of November 22, 1963
Using Jackie—Yet Again
Joan the Emissary
Cead Mile Failte
Joan’s Continuing Struggle
PART NINE
The Rumor Mill
RFK for President
Enter “The Greek”
The Appeal to Jackie
Ethel’s Thoughtless Remark
Another Tragedy
“The Hand of a Dead Man”
“No God of Mine”
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy Is Dead
Bobby’s Funeral
“We Shall Carry on with Courage”
Ethel—Just a Shell
PART TEN
Ted Negotiates Jackie’s Nuptials
Andy Williams
Ethel Pushes Jackie Too Far
“Bobby’s Little Miracle”
PART ELEVEN
Chappaquiddick
Jackie Tells Ari: “I Have to Be There”
Joan Accuses: “All You Care about Is How It Looks? ”
Ethel to the Rescue
Mary Jo’s Funeral
Ted Asks for Forgiveness
Joan Loses the Baby
A Final Gathering for Joseph
The End of Camelot
PART TWELVE
Ted Hurts Joan Again
Ethel’s Troubled Brood
Will Ted Run? The Joan Factor
Joan and Ted: Creating the Illusion of a Marriage
Joan in Control of Joan
The Announcement: EMK for President
Joan’s White House Fantasies
EMK’s Candidacy: Not Meant to Be
The Last Straw for Joan
Postscript: Jackie, Ethel, and Joan after Camelot
Acknowledgments and Source Notes
A Preview of After Camelot
Photo Insert
Copyright
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