The Jackie Handbook

Jackie Handbook is a groundbreaking new interpretation of the life of Jackieennedy Onassis and the extraordinary influence of the image she so carefullyrafted. It is illustrated with some 300 photographs and other images whichring to life Jackie's iconic status.;Ten years since her death, fascinationith Jackie remains as strong as ever, especially among women and in theashion world. Naomi West and Cathy Wilson explore the woman behind - and inany ways the creator of - the many myths by which we remember a woman ofxtraordinary poise and single-mindedness.;In Jackie Handbook, Naomi West andathy Wilson venture behind Jackie's trademark dark glasses and regal bearingo reveal the insecurities, the playfulness, the wit, the loyalty to friendsnd the ruthlessness with enemies of a woman who seemed more a figure from8th century Versailles than from 20th century America.;The book chroniclesackie's life from childhood through her student years, her marriages tomerica's most charismatic politician and to the richest man in the world,er dedication to her children, and her last quiet years in New York.;The