The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters

This book has a built-in bias in favor of Lee Bouvier Radziwill, as the authors were able to interview her in person before her 2019 death. Meanwhile, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis is only seen through historic documents and other people's recollections. And yet the younger sister comes off much worse - jealous, materialistic, spendthrift, and bitter. Jackie is not without her own flaws, but at least she didn't bankrupt her ultra wealthy husbands, and she had an actual job for a while, working for several major publishing houses until her health deteriorated.

My rating isn't solely related to my distaste for its subjects. The book is boring too, unless you like long descriptions of interior decor and couture dresses. Even the thousand days of JFK's doomed presidency are presented without much impact. I blame the recent “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans” miniseries on Hulu American television (also Calista Flockhart, who played Lee) for giving me the false impression that snooty WASPy ladies who lunch might be vaguely interesting. Ugh, what was I thinking?