Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780679603443 (0679603441)
Publish date: February 8th 2012
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. After just three days on the job, the privileged but sheltered young woman was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair ...
I found it incredibly hard to relate to the author of this book. She's writing about events that happened 50 years ago, so there is already enough distance to strip the narrative of any detail or immediacy. On top of that she lacks the insight required to elevate her sordid and boring little story i...
A mildly interesting story from the young woman's point of view. At least from the viewpoint of her older, wiser self. Although she draws life lessons from the experience and feels she has become more self-actualized than she would have without the experience, I still found it a depressingly common ...
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