Kaye's Reviews > Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath

Once Upon a Secret by Mimi Alford

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Apr 03, 12

bookshelves: biography
Read in March, 2012

Very short (only a couple of hours to read). Tale of a 19 year old White House Intern who had an sexual relationship with JFK. Very discreet and yet interesting because she is with JFK while he is on official tours, while he grieves for his son and up to the time he goes to Dallas. She was naive and overcome with his power and position. She doesn't blame him and seems as confused about it now as she was then. So much is written about JFK by people who weren't there that it is nice to read a story by one who was there even if it is only her memory of the events. And though she is in her 60s (a long time to keep a secret these days) she still sounds like the 19 year old she was. Probably for those who are very interested in JFK. I have seen her on talk shows speaking about how keeping the "secret" impacted her whole life. But I wouldn't have read it just for that.

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