ISBN10: 1250017645, ISBN13: 9781250017642, [publisher: St. Martin's Press] Hardcover First Edition Numbers run 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, jacket price shown is $27.99 Faint edge-folds on pages 239-41 and a tiny dent on the spine-heel else pristine. Jacket has a mild edge-rub. 358 pages include b&w photos, index and notes. NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
[Mount Laurel, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
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Thomas Dunne Books, October Date: 2014. Hardcover . 8.5 Bulk HB Premium. 2014. Thomas Dunne Books ISBN 1250017645 9781250017642 [US]

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Content appears as new, unopened, unread & unblemished in dull blue boards displaying minimal surface/edge wear. Light bumping at head/heel of spine, and small smudge on face.A best-selling biographer chronicles the fabled life of Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) and advances the claim that the former first lady spent the bulk of her post-Camelot life battling PTSD.Jacqueline Bouvier seemed to have it all: an upper-crust upbringing and personal and social connections to the most elite families in America. Yet when the time came for her to wed, she was determined to escape "the bland predictability" of a high-society marriage that would require little else of her but to cater to the needs of a well-heeled husband. She met her match in "bad boy" John Kennedy, who she believed was her ticket to all the excitement she could ever want. JFK's larger-than-life ambition brought the young couple international fame, but it also forced an essentially private woman to endure the brutal glare of the media spotlight and gradually transformed a dream into a nightmare long before JFK's murder. Beset by personal difficulties, including two infant deaths and a foundering marriage, the assassination—to which she bore bloody witness—was the final straw. Leaming (Churchill Defiant: Fighting On 1945-1955, 2010, etc.) reveals that Jackie suffered from all the hallmarks of PTSD: sleep disturbances, obsessive ruminations about her husband's murder and even ...

St. Martin's Press, Date: 2014. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2014. St. Martin's Press ISBN 1250017645 9781250017642 [US]

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