Summary of J. Randy Taraborrelli's Jackie, Janet & Lee

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Lee Auchincloss, the daughter of Janet Auchincloss, came to visit her mother at her new job at Harper’s Bazaar. She was assistant to fashion icon Diana Vreeland. Lee was elegant and smart, and she had a way about her that was elegant and smart.
#2 Lee Auchincloss was hired as Diana Vreeland’s assistant. She never felt the warmth of her mother’s approval, as she was always doing things that didn’t make sense to her mother.
#3 Lee was always in her elder sister Jackie’s shadow. She was the one who found herself out of sorts, unable to cope, and always in search of contentment. She wanted to walk into a room and feel just the way she imagined Diana Vreeland felt.
#4 After Lee had introduced her to everyone else in the office, Janet took her to meet Diana Vreeland, the editor in chief of Vogue. Vreeland was brusque and unfriendly, and she had no time to chat.

Sujets

• Rich & Famous

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 26 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669365259
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on J. Randy Taraborrelli's Jackie, Janet, & Lee
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#1

Lee Auchincloss, the daughter of Janet Auchincloss, came to visit her mother at her new job at Harper’s Bazaar. She was assistant to fashion icon Diana Vreeland. Lee was elegant and smart, and she had a way about her that was elegant and smart.

#2

Lee Auchincloss was hired as Diana Vreeland’s assistant. She never felt the warmth of her mother’s approval, as she was always doing things that didn’t make sense to her mother.

#3

Lee was always in her elder sister Jackie’s shadow. She was the one who found herself out of sorts, unable to cope, and always in search of contentment. She wanted to walk into a room and feel just the way she imagined Diana Vreeland felt.

#4

After Lee had introduced her to everyone else in the office, Janet took her to meet Diana Vreeland, the editor in chief of Vogue. Vreeland was brusque and unfriendly, and she had no time to chat.

#5

After Janet, Lee, and Deena left the Manhattan high-rise that housed Harper’s, they caught a cab to the Oyster Bar, which is on the lower level of Grand Central Station. They met Jacqueline Bouvier, who was already seated in a corner in the back of the restaurant.

#6

While lunch was being served, Lee tried to explain to Janet and Jackie the story of how she met Michael, who now lived in Manhattan. He had an intriguing, albeit bizarre, backstory about possibly being of a royal bloodline.

#7

After the dinner, Lee was quiet and withdrawn. She did not speak again for the rest of the meal. If I were trying to compete with her, she said, gesturing toward her sister but not even looking at her, I should have started at about the age of five.

#8

Jackie and Lee Bouvier were extremely different from each other even from a young age. While Jackie seemed to have a better time than Lee, Lee was more sensitive and wasn’t able to cope with tough issues.

#9

Jackie and Lee were extremely close as children, and as they grew up, they would constantly comfort each other when one was being punished by their mother. They would never allow anything to come between them.

#10

The sisters were extremely close, but they also competed with each other constantly. Lee felt that she had to distinguish herself from Jackie, who had always been a better student than she was.

#11

Lee had a complex about Jackie, and she always felt her sister got the recognition. She was always just the little girl on the sidelines, and she suffered because of it.

#12

Jackie and Lee were close, but Janet was always there to separate them. She wanted them to be sisters, but it was difficult when Lee clearly preferred one over the other.

#13

Lee and Michael, though officially engaged, didn’t seem well suited. They acted like siblings, not a couple with passionate intentions. Michael was impotent at a young age, and Lee was patient about it.

#14

Lee Bouvier and Michael Canfield shared the same downhearted temperament. Lee knew that Michael didn’t want to sleep with her, but she felt that sexual attraction between them would grow in time.

#15

The relationship between Michael and Lee was very dramatic, and often involved fights between Lee’s mother, Janet, and Lee herself. While many people had their opinions about the couple, none were as vocal or as vociferous as Janet.

#16

Jackie wanted to get out from under her mother’s domination, and she knew that whoever she chose would have to meet with Janet’s high standards. She had been dating men who didn’t even come close to meeting those standards.

#17

The idea of happily ever after was a bit naive for Janet’s taste. She had heard that John Husted was successful, and she believed he had money. She was certain Jackie would learn to love him in time.

#18

Jackie’s job at the Washington Times-Herald was to write a column called The Inquiring Camera Girl. She would take pictures of people’s opinions on current events, and publish them with their photographs. It was a fun little job.

#19

In 1951, Jackie was set to marry John Husted, but Janet had other plans for her. She knew that Husted and his family weren’t well off, and she turned on him with a vengeance at the engagement party.

#20

After dinner, Janet asked John Husted if he could support Jackie financially. He told her the truth, which she already knew, and explained that his prospects for making more money were not assured. She did not approve. Jackie later dropped the engagement ring into his pocket on the airport runway.

#21

Janet was very involved in her daughters’ love lives, and she was always there to give them advice and guidance. She was very proud of Lee when she married at 19, because it showed her independence.

#22

Janet was initially very excited about Lee marrying Michael, but she was soon frustrated with her daughter’s indecisiveness. She felt that any man Lee married would have to be tough on her to get her to comport herself in a more disciplined way.

#23

Janet knew that when she was Lee’s age, she was defiant and determined to be her own woman, and she respected that in Lee. She decided that Lee’s marrying Michael might actually serve a good purpose and that, perhaps, it was to make her feel empowered enough to come to her own important decision.

#24

Despite having arranged and manipulated the entire wedding, Janet was out of sorts at the reception. She had mixed emotions about the marriage. I think maybe I should have stopped this, she told Deena Atkins-Manzel.

#25

Jack Bouvier and Janet Lee met in 1927. Jack was a successful businessman who had a million dollars in real-estate development and two estates in East Hampton. He was also heavily leveraged, and Jim knew it.

#26

Jack and Janet’s marriage was extremely short-lived. Jack couldn’t stop cheating on Janet, and she couldn’t stand it. She eventually left him, and they would reconcile many times.

#27

In 1936, Janet finally had enough of her marriage. She wanted out, but her father, Jim, did not support her in her decision. He told her that if she went through with a divorce, she would be on her own.

#28

Janet was determined to divorce Jack. She was a devout Catholic, and she valued her faith, but she was also realistic about the situation. She knew that she would be excommunicated if she divorced Jack, so she had to stick to her decision.

#29

After the divorce, Janet felt as if she had finally gotten on with her life and the lives of her daughters. She didn’t care about Jack anymore.

#30

Jack Kennedy was a good-looking, charismatic war hero. He was just a bit over six feet tall and about 170 pounds, with brown hair and eyes that seemed either gray or green depending on the light. He was extremely engaging.

#31

Jackie was drawn to Jack Kennedy, as he was a contrast to her previous boyfriends. He was strong, vital, and smart, but he also suffered from a bad back and a deficiency of the adrenal glands called Addison’s disease.

#32

After traveling with Jack, Jackie began to feel drawn to him. She knew he was not interested in settling down, but she was still excited to be with him. She was beginning to feel that he was the only person she could count on.

#33

Janet was excited to meet Jack Kennedy, as she’d suspected Jackie cared a lot for him. She checked his family’s finances, and was relieved to find that he had a promising future. She had some concerns about his father, however, as he was known to have been unfaithful to his wife.

#34

Jackie was in love with Jack, and she was willing to overlook his reputation. She saw great potential in him, and was willing to support him no matter what.

#35

In 1941, Janet Lee Bouvier was still dealing with the effects of her divorce from Black Jack. She had a full-time personal maid and a governess for the girls, and she was constantly in debt.

#36

Jack’s relationship with his daughters was complicated by the fact that he clearly preferred Jackie to Lee. He never disciplined Jackie or Lee, whereas Janet was extremely critical.

#37

The original reason behind Janet’s Mother-Daughter Tea occasions was to have special time with her daughters. However, Black Jack would swoop in and the girls would be all his again.

#38

In 1941, Jackie began to realize that her life was not what she had imagined it would be. She was not with her mother and sister, and she was not happy. She began to realize that she had sacrificed everything for them, but they never appreciated it.

#39

Hugh Auchincloss was a rich, old-fashioned conservative who was the product of an entitled, privileged Newport, Rhode Island, background. He was twice married, and in 1941, he met Janet Bouvier, who would be his wife for the next thirty-nine years.

#40

Hugh Auchincloss was a wealthy man, and Janet was extremely attracted to him. However, she was also concerned about the physical attraction between herself and Hugh, or lack thereof. She was used to the fiery personalities of her father and ex-husband, and she feared she would become quickly bored with Hugh.

#41

Hugh was honest with Janet about his impotence, and explained that he had been dealing with it for many years. He said it was the reason his second marriage to Nina ended. Janet was stunned, but she knew she had to find a man with the kind of wealth she required.

#42

In June 1942, Janet married Hugh Auchincloss. She had suspected the girls would never allow a peaceful transition from their beloved father to the new man in their mother’s life, so she did it while they