New York Times Bestseller
โMcKeon's delightful memories have been tucked away for fifty years, and thankfully, she has brought them out to share the enchanting magic of Camelot with us all.โ โKirkus Reviews
โCelebrity watchers who covet an insiderโs role will find McKeonโs frank yet benevolent memoir to be both a sobering reality check and an engaging foray into the ever-fascinating world of the Kennedy dynasty.โ โBooklist
An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedyโs personal assistant and occasional nannyโand the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady.
In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen and newly arrived from Ireland when she was hired as the personal assistant to former first lady Jackie Kennedy. The next thirteen years of her life were spent in Jackieโs service, during which Kathy not only played a crucial role in raising young Caroline and John Jr., but also had a front-row seat to some of the twentieth centuryโs most significant events.
Because Kathy was always at Jackieโs side, Rose Kennedy deemed her โJackieโs girl.โ And although Kathy called Jackie โMadam,โ she considered her employer more like a big sister who, in many ways, mentored her on how to be a lady. Kathy was there during Jackie and Aristotle Onassisโs courtship and marriage and Robert Kennedyโs assassination, dutifully supporting Jackie and the children during these tumultuous times in history.
A rare and engrossing look at the private life of one of the most famous women of the twentieth century, Jackieโs Girl is also a moving personal story of a young woman finding her identity and footing in a new country, along with the help of the most elegant woman in America.