Jackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli

“Jackie, Ethel, Joan – Women of Camelot” was also produced as a highly-rated NBC miniseries starring Jill Hennessy as Jackie, Lauren Holly as Ethel and Leslie Stefanson as Joan. And, like sisters, they were also known to sometimes accuse and attack. Like sisters, Jackie, Ethel and Joan would often reach out to one other, to comfort and console. Throughout the years, the three of them endured intense media scrutiny, ferocious ambitions, fierce loyalties, infidelities, triumphs and tragedies – and all because they took a Kennedy brother for a husband. Years in the making, this riveting account of the Kennedy wives is based on extensive research, including copious interviews with those closest to the Kennedy family FBI documents that have never before been made public never-before-released oral histories from the JFK and LBJ Libraries taped conversations involving the wives, themselves … and even forty years of heartfelt correspondence between Jackie and her friend and mentor Lady Bird Johnson, much of what was made available for the first time specifically for this work. In the end, JACKIE, ETHEL, JOAN is a story of redemption and great courage.Over the years, there have been many accounts written and published about the Kennedy family, but none compare to JACKIE ETHEL JOAN.

Whether dealing with their husbands’ blatant infidelities, stumping for their many political campaigns, touring the world to promote their family’s legacy or raising their children, the Kennedy wives did it all with grace, style, and dignity. This fascinating story is set against a panorama of explosive American history, as the women cope with Jack’s and Bobby’s alleged affairs with Marilyn Monroe their tragic assassinations, and other tragedies and scandals. For Joan, her years as a Kennedy wife were the most confusing of her life and she is now a recovering alcoholic. For Ethel, these were years of frustration where her dreams of being First Lady were dashed and she sank into a deep depression. These were the years when Jackie’s dreams became reality, but at a hefty price.

For each of the Kennedy wives, the Camelot years provided an entirely different experience of life lessons. Yet, curiously, there is one topic that has never been considered the complex relationship shared between the three women who were not born Kennedy but who married into the family: Jackie Bouvier, Ethel Skakel, and Joan Bennett.

Over the years there have been many books published about the Kennedy family, individually and collectively.

Jackie, Ethel, Joan by J. Randy Taraborrelli