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Bezig met laden... Jacqueline in Paris: A Novel (editie 2023)door Ann Mah (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. read 2024 and gave away This was a fictional novel based on the life of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. The fact that this was fiction but based on her life was just too distracting as throughout the book I kept wondering where the line was drawn between fact and fiction. If this had been a story with random characters I believe I would have enjoyed it much more than I did. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier's college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon â?? before the world knew her as Jackie. In September 1949 Jacqueline Bouvier arrives in postwar Paris to begin her junior year abroad. She's twenty years old, socially poised but financially precarious, and all too aware of her mother's expectations that she make a brilliant match. Before relenting to family pressure, she has one year to herself far away from sleepy Vassar College and the rigid social circles of New York, a year to explore and absorb the luminous beauty of the City of Light. Jacqueline is immediately catapulted into an intoxicating new world of champagne and châteaux, art and avant-garde theater, cafĂ©s and jazz clubs. She strikes up a romance with a talented young writer who shares her love of literature and passion for culture â?? even though her mother would think him most unsuitable. But beneath the glitter and rush, France is a fragile place still haunted by the Occupation. Jacqueline lives in a rambling apartment with a widowed countess and her daughters, all of whom suffered as part of the French Resistance just a few years before. In the aftermath of World War II, Paris has become a nest of spies, and suspicion, deception, and betrayal lurk around every corner. Jacqueline is stunned to watch the rise of communism â?? anathema in America, but an active movement in France â?? never guessing she is witnessing the beginning of the political environment that will shape the rest of her lifeâ??and that of her future husband. Evocative, sensitive, and rich in historic detail, Jacqueline in Paris portrays the origin story of an American icon. Ann Mah brilliantly imagines the intellectual and aesthetic awakening of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and illuminates how France would prove to be her one true love, and one of the greatest influence Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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