Once Upon a Secret

Once Upon a Secret

2010 • 198 pages

Probably my fault. I did zero research, just picked the book up and since it was on sale, thought, JFK is interesting enough, let's see what it is about.
The fact is that the narrator - and in her defense, she never hides it - was a very foolish and naive College student when she started having an affair with Mr. President, and it shows: the whole thing is so provincial, so shallow, that you almost don't believe it. You end up under the impression that JFK is this honorable character all the way, and actually so is she, so wait a minute, something doesn't add up...
anyway. I understand that probably it is just the way things were in the 60s, if you came from a well-off family and ended up almost by accident in the White House, and JFK is a well liked and fascinating character enough to make it plausible. Just.

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