What Jackie Taught Us
Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Introduction by Smith, Liz
(Sprache: Englisch)
A unique perspective on the influence and enduring fascination of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
What Jackie Taught Us offers insights about how Jackie lived with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, focus,...
What Jackie Taught Us offers insights about how Jackie lived with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, focus,...
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A unique perspective on the influence and enduring fascination of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis What Jackie Taught Us offers insights about how Jackie lived with poise, grace, and zest, including wisdom about image and style, focus, courage and vision, men, marriage, and motherhood.
After more than a decade in print, this commemorative edition features fourteen new essays from notable individuals amplifying the ways in which Jackie s life has influenced them -- and society at large -- over the past fifty years, including contributions from syndicated columnists Liz Smith and Marguerite Kelly; authors Edna O Brien, A.E. Hotchner and Malachy McCourt; president emeritus of the Municipal Art Society of New York, Kent Barwick; and former Metropolitan Museum of Art executive, Ashton Hawkins.
"The book is a must-read for anyone fascinated with the famed first lady, with essays, insights and observations from notables like Liz Smith, C.D. Green and Malachy McCourt. Miami Herald
Twenty years after her death, we re still curious about Jackie. From Flaherty s book, we get some clues as to why. NewBooksinBiography.com
An award-winning author, philanthropist, and pioneer businesswoman, Tina Santi Flaherty is a board member of the Animal Medical Center and the Churchill Centre, among others. She is the author of The Savvy Woman s Success Bible (with Kay Gilman) and Talk Your Way to the Top. Visit her website at www.tinaflaherty.com. Follow her on Twitter @TinaSFlaherty.
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***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof.***Copyright © 2014 by Tina Santi Flaherty
Prologue
Some may believe that there is such a thing as the Kennedy Curse. Violent deaths, personal destruction, and broken dreams have haunted the fabled family over the decades and have contributed to this belief. Whether this scourge actually exists is open to interpretation. There is no doubt, however, that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis could rightfully be called the Kennedy Blessing. indeed, America was blessed in a way it had never been before her tenure as First Lady. in sharing with us her love and protection of all things beautiful, she changed the way America was perceived at home and abroad. For more than four decades, Jackie as we still fondly call her captured our imaginations as no other woman has or probably ever will again in our time. Her death in 1994 seemed premature, and it still doesn t seem fair that she s gone. Twenty years later, her radiant smile and elegant spirit continue to live on and will forever be a part of American history.
Jackie had everything people admired and wanted for themselves beauty, intelligence, adorable children, a life full of excitement and glamour, and, yes, a handsome husband, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. We cannot think of Jackie without remembering Jack. Together they symbolized a poignant time in our nation s history, when its innocence and optimism promised that anything was possible. They gave us hope and made us feel that each of us would be the best we could be.
The extraordinary life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was full of magic, both black and white. The most terrible tragedy that could ever be imagined happened to her. Her husband, the most powerful man in the free world, was murdered before her very eyes. She handled his death with a majesty that we will never forget. Our hearts ached as we tearfully reached out to her, young Caroline, and the little boy we
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called John-John. We loved Jackie when Jack was alive and continued to love her after he was gone. Admittedly, many of her admirers were temporarily thrown off base by her subsequent marriage to Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. After Onassis died, we resumed our unflagging adoration when she emerged as America s most famous working woman. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was by no means a perfect person, but in our minds and memories, she was as close to perfection as few people ever will be.
Although I didn t know Jackie personally, I happened to live in the same building in New York City. in 1989, my former husband and I purchased an apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, the building to which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis moved with her two children in 1964, after she left Washington, DC. With its magnificent views of Central Park and its large gracious apartments, 1040 Fifth was designed by the architectural genius Rosario Candela, who created some of New York City s most prestigious buildings, including the grand art deco duplex at 740 Park Avenue where Jackie lived as a child. Located on the Upper east Side of Manhattan, near the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1040 Fifth Avenue is still special because to most people it s where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived for the final thirty years of her life and it was there that she died in 1994 at the age of sixty-four.
As a neighbor, I observed Jackie from a faraway closeness never wanting to encroach on her privacy. Once, her son, John, who was thirty-two years old at the time, approached me in the lobby as I was returning home from a chilly winter walk in Central Park with Liam, my yellow Labrador. What s it like to have a dog in a New York City apartment? he asked, with an earnest, friendly smile on his handsome face. It s just fine, I answered. &ld
Although I didn t know Jackie personally, I happened to live in the same building in New York City. in 1989, my former husband and I purchased an apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, the building to which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis moved with her two children in 1964, after she left Washington, DC. With its magnificent views of Central Park and its large gracious apartments, 1040 Fifth was designed by the architectural genius Rosario Candela, who created some of New York City s most prestigious buildings, including the grand art deco duplex at 740 Park Avenue where Jackie lived as a child. Located on the Upper east Side of Manhattan, near the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1040 Fifth Avenue is still special because to most people it s where Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis lived for the final thirty years of her life and it was there that she died in 1994 at the age of sixty-four.
As a neighbor, I observed Jackie from a faraway closeness never wanting to encroach on her privacy. Once, her son, John, who was thirty-two years old at the time, approached me in the lobby as I was returning home from a chilly winter walk in Central Park with Liam, my yellow Labrador. What s it like to have a dog in a New York City apartment? he asked, with an earnest, friendly smile on his handsome face. It s just fine, I answered. &ld
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Autoren-Porträt von Tina Santi Flaherty
Tina Santi Flaherty was the first woman elected a vice president at three of America's largest companies: Colgate-Palmolive, GTE, and Grey Advertising. Described by Business Week as one of America's top corporate women, she is the author of Talk Your Way to the Top and The Savvy Woman's Success Bible.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Tina Santi Flaherty
- 2015, Rev. and exp. ed., 336 Seiten, Maße: 12,9 x 20,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Perigee Books
- ISBN-10: 0399174281
- ISBN-13: 9780399174285
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Tina has put together a dazzling collection of writers between the covers of this work which gives us one of the best of varied photos and articles about Jackie."Liz Smith, Huffington Post
"This unusual and fascinating biography is a primer on to how to live not a perfect but an authentic, courageous, and purposeful life. What Jackie Taught Us is a must-read for admirers of Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis. Even those versed in her life will find that Flaherty has unearthed new and personal stories about this already much-documented woman.
Dolce Dolce
"Almost 20 years have passed since Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died from non-Hodgkins lymphoma, but her glamorous legacy lives on in What Jackie Taught Us. Written by Jackie s one-time neighbor Tina Santi Flaherty, the book is a must-read for anyone fascinated with the famed first lady, with essays, insights and observations from notables like Liz Smith, C.D. Green and Malachy McCourt. "
Miami Herald
"To women of my generation, Jacqueline Kennedy was the gold standard for the ideal woman. She made it socially acceptable for a woman to be both smart and beautiful, creating a durable role model for women like Sheryl Sandberg and Melissa Myer to eventually follow.
What Jackie Taught Us...has been reissued with wonderful comments by people who knew her. Friends like Hemingway biographer A.E. Hotchner, and columnist Liz Smith share their Jackie stories that remind us of her poise, grace and zest for living. In addition to decoding her timeless fashion, the author details the powerful and lasting impact Jackie had on American culture. What Jackie Taught Us is a perfect weekend read " Fashion Flash
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"Re-released to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Onassis s death, this version of What Jackie Taught Us includes a series of new essays that represent an important contribution to not only Flaherty s book, but also to Jackie studies in general. It s a treat to have the legacy of someone who s so seldom considered seriously (so often she s reduced to dresses and hats) reevaluated by the likes of Edna O Brien, Allen Packwood, and Malachy McCourt. And Liz Smith s preface is a downright gem.
Twenty years after her death, we re still curious about Jackie. From Flaherty s book, we get some clues as to why. NewBooksinBiography.com
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/28/4080470/hot-stuff-celebrities-love.html#storylink=cpy
"Re-released to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Onassis s death, this version of What Jackie Taught Us includes a series of new essays that represent an important contribution to not only Flaherty s book, but also to Jackie studies in general. It s a treat to have the legacy of someone who s so seldom considered seriously (so often she s reduced to dresses and hats) reevaluated by the likes of Edna O Brien, Allen Packwood, and Malachy McCourt. And Liz Smith s preface is a downright gem.
Twenty years after her death, we re still curious about Jackie. From Flaherty s book, we get some clues as to why. NewBooksinBiography.com
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/04/28/4080470/hot-stuff-celebrities-love.html#storylink=cpy
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