{"product_id":"jackie-me-louis-bayard-9798200880904","title":"Jackie \u0026 Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eBestselling author Louis Bayard is back with a brilliantly wrought, witty, and sensitive novel about the young Jacqueline Bouvier before she became \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e Jackie--and about a marriage that almost never happened. \u003c\/b\u003e In the spring of 1951, debutante Jacqueline Bouvier, working as the Inquiring Photographer for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Times-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, meets Jack Kennedy, a charming Congressman from a notorious and powerful family, at a party in Washington, DC. Young, rebellious, eager to break free from her mother, Jackie is drawn to the elusive young politician, and soon she and Jack are bantering over secret dinner dates and short work phone calls. Jack, busy with House duties during the week and Senate campaigning on the weekend (as well as his other now-well-known extracurricular activities) convinces his best friend and fixer, Lem Billings, to court Jackie on his behalf. Only gradually does Jackie begin to realize that she is being groomed to be the perfect political wife, whether Jack is interested in settling down or not. Taking place mostly during the spring and summer before Jack and Jackie's wedding, and narrated by an older Lem as he looks back at his own relationship with the Kennedys and his role in this complicated marriage, \u003ci\u003eJackie \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching story about a young woman of a certain class with narrow options, two people who loved each other, and two people who realized too late that they devoted their lives to Jack at their own expense. Sharply written, steeped in the era and with witty appearances by members of the extended Kennedy clan, this is Jackie as never before seen, in a story about love, sacrifice, friendship, and betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louis Bayard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8200880907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798200880904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d","brand":"Louis Bayard","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":44056759173375,"sku":"9798200880904","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1af70c2c-12f9-4463-94a6-60d171ab019f.jpg?v=1685043114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jackie-me-louis-bayard-9798200880904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}