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JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN : WOMEN OF CAMELOT
Taraborrelli, J. Randy
2000 400519 What a great idea for a deep-dish tell-all! JFK's lonely, classy wife, Bobby's athletic, competitive wife, and Ted's meek, alcoholic wife, together at last between covers, soothing each other when not fighting like fishwives. Taraborrelli's breathless prose makes you a fly on the wall when formidable mother-in-law Rose Kennedy walks in on Joan commiserating with Ethel about their honeymoons: "I think Bobby was finished before I got into the room!" said Ethel. "Now what are you ladies talking about?" asked Rose. Jackie, who was present, cooed, "Oh, we were just saying how well Bobby sleeps at night." "He gets that from me," said Rose. Ethel should never have been so catty when gentle, simple Joan joined the clan: "Goodbye wine and cheese," hissed Ethel. "Hello macaroni and cheese." And she shouldn't have mocked Jackie for being unable to compete in touch football--with the Kennedys, it was more like "claw, scratch and bite" football. And what about when she rubbed it in that she and Bobby were closer than Jackie and Jack? After all, when Lee Remick phoned Ethel to say "You're on the way out," and Ethel replied that Bobby was home in bed, Bobby was in fact (says Taraborrelli) in bed with Lee Remick. You may have heard that JFK's dad, Joe Kennedy, offered Jackie $1 million not to divorce JFK, but did you hear Jackie's alleged reply? "The price goes up to $20 million if Jack brings home any venereal diseases." Did Ethel betray Jackie's discontent to Joe--and then go ballistic when Joe only gave Ethel $500,000? You'd think Joan would be the clinker in the group, like Zeppo Marx. She was a bit dim, but should Ted have put her down as dumb? He's the one who showed up soused with a prostitute for dinner with the king and queen of Belgium, whose priceless antique couch Ted's date ruined by wetting it. Who knows how historians will judge this book, but it sure does a great job of making history into a Jackie Collins novel. Product Description: For the first time, a respected biographer focuses on the complex relationships among three famous Kennedy wives in a book that is at once absorbing, controversial, and heartbreaking. Jacqueline Bouvier. Ethel Skakel. Joan Bennett. Three women who married into America's royal family and lived in the glory and glare of politics' highest echelons. The Camelot years taught marekedly different life lessons to each of them: Jackie's hopes became reality, but at an unfathomable cost; Ethel's dream to be First Lady died along with her brutally assassinated husband; and Joan's years as a Kennedy were the most confusing of her life. But whether dealing with their husbands' blatant infidelities, smiling on the campaign trail, enhancing the family's legacy, or raising their children, the Kennedy wives did it all with unquestioned grace, style, & dignity. Warner Books, Inc 0-446-52426-3 / 9780446524261
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MICHAEL JACKSON: THE MAGIC AND THE MADNESS
Taraborrelli, J. Randy
1991 176568 Here the author examines the amazing career and tumultuous private life of the world's most enigmatic performer - an entertainer who has sold more than 100 million records during the last decade (remember, this book was written in 1991!), including the biggest-selling album of all time, THRILLER! A master media manipulator, Jackson planted stories in the presss to make himself the focus of great fascination and curiosity. The truth is even stranger than fiction in Michael's case. After wading through voluminous court documents and conducting hundreds of interviews with Michael's closest associates and the star himself, the author learned the starting truth behind Michael's crushing isolation. He concludes that Michael Jackson is a tragic product of his charmed but also tortured upbringing. Michael was raised in a troubled family, which accounts for his erratic behavior, his peculiar nature, his many plastic surgeries, and his highly unusual lifestyle. It's ALL here, in a book that is as much a personal, candid history of the tempestuous Jackson family as it is an in-depth biography of Michael Jackson himself! Condition of book is excellent inside - many black & white photographs throughout. Some staining on inside front & back covers and wavy pages there; inside pages have 'waves' at the top but are intact and VERY readable (as is this non-fiction story!)... Book is 2-1/2" thick and does not fit easily into a Priority Mail envelope! Birch Lane Press 1-55972-064-6 / 9781559720649
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ONCE UPON A TIME: BEHIND THE FAIRY TALE OF PRINCESS GRACE AND PRINCE RAINIER
Taraborrelli, J. Randy
2003 20008 The fairy tale wedding of Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco captured the imagination of the world. In this intimate look behind the palace gates, bestselling biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli discloses the heartbreaking sacrifices Princess Grace made in her quest to live happily ever after. Grace Kelly was swept away when the handsome Prince Rainier, a man she barely knew, asked for her hand in marriage. After a series of relationships with married co-stars she was exhausted by the showbusiness lifestyle. If she married Rainier she would be more than just a movie star, she would be Her Serene Highness Princess Grace. Trapped in a fairytale of her own making, Grace was forced to make sacrifices that cut deeply into the core of who she was as a woman, surrendering her desires and ambitions for her spouse and her children. Grace and Rainier may have been royalty but they were also husband and wife, and parents - and, as such, just as vulnerable to the conflicts that can contaminate any household. Based on hundreds of interviews with family and friends, this book reveals: Why Grace decided to marry Rainier.the Prince's startling prenuptial demands.Grace's despair over her husband's refusal to let her continue her acting career.the couple's losing battle to control the behavior of their high-spirited daughters.Grace's advice to Princess Di on adjusting to life as a royal.the facts behind the tragic and mysterious accident that ended Grace's life.and much more. From The Critics Publishers Weekly . illuminating political intrigue and complex family dynamics.vivid, full-blooded portraits. The "happily ever after" marriage of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III of Monaco is explored and demythologized in this fascinating, compelling and well-researched royal biography. After failed romances with married co-stars (Ray Milland and William Holden) and turning down a marriage proposal from Oleg Cassini, Kelly met Rainier, the prince of a popular Mediterranean resort town who was searching for a princess he hoped would become "the manifestation of all that we hope for and dream about in Monaco." Nine months after what was called "the wedding of the century" (watched by 30 million TV viewers) in 1956, Grace gave birth to the first of their three children. Never planning to stop making films, she bowed to her husband's wishes and soon her loneliness and boredom were replaced by severe depression. The prince encouraged her to accept Alfred Hitchcock's offer of the lead in Marnie. But the subjects of Monaco objected and forced her to withdraw. Before her tragic car accident death in 1982, Grace found contentment in the life she chose. As he demonstrated in his 2002 bestseller, Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot, Taraborrelli is adept at illuminating political intrigue and complex family dynamics. He smoothly weaves together hundreds of exclusive interviews (in fast-paced, short chapters) to create vivid, full-blooded portraits. This is the definitive book on a marriage that started as an arrangement but ended as a love story. 16 pages of b&w photos. Published at Twenty Six dollars. Warner Books, Incorporated 0446531642 / 9780446531641
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