I love Jackie Kennedy and I love reading all that I can about her, especially when there is a new book released about her. This book in particular was very interesting as it focused on so many different aspects of Jackie Kennedy's life, including her time in Greece while married to Aristotle Onassis and her experience in America after her first husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. This book is multi-faceted and features what I believe to be a unique take on Jackie Kennedy's life and experiences not only as the First Lady of the United States but as someone who had to deal with many personal and tragic losses throughout her life. There are so many books written about Jackie Kennedy and her life but I feel as though this book written by Oline Eaton offers a fresh new perspective on Jackie Kennedy and what she means to people. I learned many new things about Jackie Kennedy after reading this book!

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It was interesting and I liked the back and forth but it felt like an article, not a book. Maybe the cover was deceiving? But it wasn’t what I was expecting and I skimmed a lot of it

I’ll never pass up the opportunity to read a book about Jackie. She lived a complex life that we all seem to know every detail of, and when a new book comes along that takes a different approach, I’m all in.

This is not just young Jackie who marries the dashing, young senator who is about to become president. Then does and she is the young, glamorous first lady. Then the stoic widow turned single mother raising her children in Manhattan soon to become wife of one of the wealthiest men in the world to once again widow. The cameras are never far behind, and the gossip trades abound yet what nobody ever talks about is what price did she pay for the suffering she endured that fateful day on November 22nd witnessing the assassination of JFK and the trauma she suffered. PTSD wasn’t part of our vernacular, so her feelings associated with trauma probably weren’t addressed as they would have been today. She was instead fodder for the tabloids, which the author parlays into her book.

Probably because of her quest for privacy and what will always be unknown, Jackie remains as elusive as ever, which is why we keep reading about her.

Thank you to NetGalley and Diversion Books for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was a very interesting book to me because it focuses on the years between JFK's assassination and Jackie's death. Although I've read quite a bit about Jackie, most other books don't focus on this period of her life. I learned a lot of new things about her life in this book and agree with the idea that we will never know Jackie truly. She was many, many things to many different people and at different periods of her life. I also give it extra credit for the front page covers of the gossip magazines at the beginning of each chapter, donated by each year. Sometimes the pacing wasn't great and we get bogged down with too much detail about things happening at the same time period that doesn't directly relate to Jackie's story so perhaps the book is a bit longer than it needed to be. Still I am happy to recommend this book to others who would be interested in a deeper dive in Jackie's life.

Traumatized and exposed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy nonetheless built a new life for herself in an America similarly haunted by upheaval. She dated and traveled relentlessly before scandalizing the world by marrying a foreigner, living abroad, climbing ruins, cruising the oceans, and wandering Europe braless and barefoot.

She was an era’s most celebrated, exposed, beloved, reviled, written about, and followed “star of life.” Jackie’s story—treated like a national soap opera and transmitted through newspapers, magazines, images, and TV during the 1960s and 1970s—became wired into America’s emotional grid. Touching down everywhere from London, Paris, the Watergate, and 1040 Fifth Avenue to Skorpios, Athens, Capri, and Phnom Penh, Finding Jackie returns Jackie’s narrative to its original context of a serialized drama unfurling alongside the Civil Rights movement, women’s liberation, and the Vietnam War.

I love books about strong women, and Jackie was an icon! The fashion, the glamour, the class and grace she had were unmatched.

I love to read books about “Jackie” especially since we have the same name and birthday.. I wish there was more her about her life with JFK. I felt he author portrayed her as a victim when in fact we all know she is an incredibly strong woman.

This was an interesting read, but admittedly not one of my favorite Jackie Kennedy biographies. I felt like the beginning was almost missing something- I felt like I merged into the middle of a conversation. Some of the writing style was just sort of off for me- I can’t put my finger in what didn’t work, but it was tough to get through when I would normally eat a Jackie book up.

I really enjoyed this book. Just glancing at the cover, I thought it might not be as strictly as a non-fiction as it was. Which is fine, just was my misconception. I also really enjoyed that the book discusses her life after JFK. I feel a lot books about Jackie are related to him or her life with him, but this book does a great job discussing her life after the presidency, part of her life I feel a lot of people have less knowledge about. Thank you to @netgalley and @diversionbooks for an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review!

This is a detailed biography which gives readers much more information about the subject - taking her far beyond her role as a US President’s wife. Plenty of quotes and references are included. I think perhaps a bit more balance at times might have added to the credibility of the account as the author is clearly a fan.

This book follows the life of Jacqueline Kennedy. as a person first and foremost rather than the wife of John F. Kennedy or Aristotle Onassis. We get a glimpse of her upbringing, marriages and career through it all the author tries to bring perspective by giving us context of the time period, political social changes and the view point of the press on Jackie. Overall I found the book to be engaging and informative but could be a tad bit scattered with trying to squeeze in example after example or quote after quote. This might have been because I went in this knowing quite a bit about Jackie to begin with and so much of it was redundant. Although there was bits of information I didn’t know. If you don’t know much about Jackie then I would recommend this book because it does a good job of breaking down the her life through the decades.

I have been a huge admirer of Jackie Kennedy Onassis for as long as I can remember and try to read everything out there about her. I enjoyed reading Oline Eaton’s take on Jackie. Eaton did a good job telling the traditional Jackie story, but also dives deeper into areas that don’t appear in most books about Jackie. She focuses on life for Jackie after that fatal date in November 1963 when life changed dramatically, her possible PTSD issues, her often tumultuous marriage to Onassis, and the medias quest to know the intimate details of the former first lady’s daily life.
I would recommend this for any admirer of Jackie’s. Thank you Netgallery and the publisher for my ARC.

I was ecstatic to have received an early copy of this book. Since the 25th anniversary of the assassination, I have been an ardent admirer of Jackie O. I have read just about every book out there pertaining to her.
Eaton gives an edgy abbreviated glimpse of Jackie from the mid 1960s-1975, brushing on the before and after years lightly. She mostly frames the context of Jackie’s life and movements against the backdrop of popular media comments and narratives. I found this approach unique. It’s irreverent but respectful, a tinge snarky but satisfactorily sage.
Eaton provides a whole new generation of readers an introduction to a woman who so many have tried to define, delineate, and defame.
For any Jackie follower, it’s a must read.
I liked the periodical covers showcased at the launch of each new year. Many I had never seen before and they illustrated what drivel they spewed.
My one criticism of the book is having to scan a code to gain access to the notes and bibliography. I’m old school and prefer that Information to be tucked in the back.

This an excellent biography. Online Eaton interspersing current events with what is happening to Jackie. She portrays Jackie in a very human manner as opposed to a celebrity. What a life she lived. You can only have sympathy because she never had an privacy. All who lived in this era should read this. And those born later should read this to understand history and not myth. Well done.

I loved this book! I have always been very interested in the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. I consider myself something of a Jackie aficionado. Despite having read many biographies of her, I felt I walked away having considered her a little differently. What I thought made this biography unique was that it focused not only on the life of the former First Lady, but on how she was perceived by the American public. The book does a great job of documenting how Jackie was reported by the journalistic press as well as the celebrity gossip rags during her lifetime. Also, the author interspersed the major historical events of her life and really set Jackie's story against major American events. Whether you are very familiar with the life of Jackie or new to it, this book will provide some great insight into an unknowable woman. Highly recommend!

Original, beautiful and fascinating are just a few words that describe ‘Finding Jackie’ and the same words can be said of the woman herself.
Oline Eaton captures Jackie with the fascination that held her so favorably and globally in our eyes, hearts and minds. As I read through this remarkable book, I began to see Jackie as so much more; a woman liberated, one of strength and adventurous spirit amongst the traumas and challenges she endured and the challenges of the times. This is a Jackie for the 2000’s, complex, charismatic and endlessly admired.
My thanks to NetGalley, the author and Diversion Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review.

This biography chooses to focus the chunk of time on the years that are most often not focused on- Jackie's marriage to O. The author pieces together a narrative of what was happening in the press, in the country- the social changes/political scandals, and how these interacted with the perception of Jackie. I found myself more engaged by the stories and accounts of Jackie verses the context of what was going on in the country (nixon, etc). But I do think it shed a light on what isn't often really discussed- the PTSD and emotional trauma witnessing JFK's death had on her and how all of her subsequent choices really made sense in the light of that. I especially enjoyed the newspapers that started each section...it really helped frame Jackie's story and how it intersected with the press's view and narrative of her. Which is something that is being discussed now so many years later with the royal family. I turned 40 this year so I remember Jackie's death in the 90s, but it was especially meaningful to view her life during the years of my life that I am living. She was a unique, complex soul and I think the author did a great job portraying those nuances of her life.

This was a wonderful book. Totally entertaining, whether you love Jackie or can't stand the thought of her, this book is an enjoyable read.

A very bittersweet take on Mrs. Onassis written by Oline Eaton, a professor at Howard University. Many know Jackie's story by heart: married in 1953, her stormy marriage to John F. Kennedy, the path to the White House, the births of Caroline and John Junior, then how November 22, 1963, changed everything. Eaton concentrates on what happened after that date. Of course, there's the marriage to Onassis, but Eaton reveals other things as well: how Jackie donated clothes to Vietnamese orphans after Onassis refused; how difficult it was for her to move on after JFK's murder (confirming a possible diagnosis of PTSD) and the fishbowl life she lived throughout the sixties and seventies. Eaton reminds us what a complex woman Onassis was, and the photos from vintage movie magazines are divine. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!