Includes Readers Guide with discussion questions in unnumbered pages at end of work.

Includes bibliographical references.

Born into luxury and beauty, young Jacqueline Bouvier aspires to be more than the Debutante of the Year. A whirlwind courtship and fairy-tale wedding to war-hero John F. Kennedy propel her into a startling new world of power and politics. As Jackie learns to hone her survival skills, her grace and grit help catapult JFK from the Senate to the Oval Office. The country is awed by her elegance and poise even as Jackie is plagued by self-doubt. Accompanying JFK to Dallas, their thousand days of magic come to an abrupt and devastating end. Now Jackie is forced to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge a new identity. -- abridged from publisher info