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Elizabeth Beller – Once Upon a Time

Elizabeth Beller Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie recensie en informatie van de inhoud van het boek over de vrouw van John F. Kennedy Jr. Op 21 mei 2024 verschijnt bij Gallery Books de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy de vrouw van de in 1999 overleden zoon van president John F. Kennedy. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de biografie, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Elizabeth Beller – Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie recensie

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, geschreven door Elizabeth Beller, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “A book that is as alluring and intriguing as its subject, Once Upon a Time is a marvelous read. We all ‘know’ Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, but we don’t really know her. Now, with Beller’s book, this charismatic, iconic woman becomes real, which makes her tragedy that much more painful. This is a book you will gobble up.” (Susan OrleanNew York Times bestselling author of The Library Book and The Orchid Thief)
  • “Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s Yohji Yamamoto wraps and Calvin Klein suits told us more about the insatiable appetites of a voracious public than they revealed about the woman who wore them. But now, she is unveiled as never before: the woman who was so much more than a fashion icon and a famous wife.” (Robin Givhan, Pulitzer Prize winning fashion journalist and author)

Elizabeth Beller Once Upon a Time Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy biografie

Once Upon a Time

The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

  • Auteur: Elizabeth Beller (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Gallery Books
  • Verschijnt: 21 mei 2024
  • Omvang: 352 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook / luisterboek
  • Prijs:  $29.99 / $14.99 / $29.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol 

Flaptekst van de biografie van Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty.

Amidst today’s cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy. When she began dating America’s prince, Carolyn was increasingly thrust into an overwhelming spotlight filled with relentless paparazzi who reacted to her reserve with a campaign of harassment and vilification.

To this day, she is still depicted as a privileged princess—icy, vapid, and drug-addicted. She has even been accused of being responsible for their untimely death, allegedly delaying take-off until she finished her pedicure. But now, she is revealed as never before.

A fiercely independent woman devoted to her adopted city and career, Carolyn relied on her impeccable eye and drive to fly up the ranks at Calvin Klein in the glossy, high-stakes fashion world of the 1990s. When Carolyn met her future husband, John was immediately drawn to her strong-willed personality, effortless charm, and high intelligence. Their relationship would change her life and catapult her to dizzying fame, but it was her vibrant life before their marriage and then hidden afterwards, that is truly fascinating.

Based on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with friends, family members, teachers, roommates, and colleagues, and featuring never-before-seen family photos, this comprehensive biography reveals a multi-faceted woman worthy of our attention regardless of her husband and untimely death.

RoseMarie Terenzio & Liz McNeil JFK Jr biografie recensieRoseMarie Terenzio & Liz McNeil – JFK Jr. 
An Intimate Oral Biography
Uitgever: Gallery Books
The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most beloved figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination twenty-five years after his tragic death…lees verder >

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Rob Henderson – Troubled

Rob Henderson Troubled recensie en informatie memoir over opgroeien in een pleeggezin. Op 20 februari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Gallery Books Troubled, A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class, geschreven door Rob Henderson. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar op aangekondigd.

Rob Henderson Troubled recensie

  • “A memoir of hardscrabble living, from foster care to the Air Force to Yale…. [Henderson] traces the contours of his remarkable and often-harrowing life, starting with his abandonment by his birth parents after serious mistreatment…. poignantly describ[ing] his rocky journey through numerous foster homes…. Shrewd on the narrowness and hypocrisy of elites… [he] is at his best in the frank observations about his trip up the ‘American status ladder’…. A blunt story about overcoming adversity.” (Kirkus Reviews)
  • “[A] breakout memoir…Henderson, a brilliant young psychologist, illumines how harmful childhood instability is by reflecting on his own experience…. His eye is as keen as his intellect.” (Judge Stephanos Bibas, the University of Chicago Law Review)

Rob Henderson Troubled

Troubled

A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class

  • Auteur: Rob Henderson (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Gallery Books
  • Verschijnt: 20 februari 2024
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $28.99 / $14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Bol / Libris

Flaptekst memoir van Rob Henderson over opgroeien in een pleeggezin

Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. Divorce, tragedy, poverty, and violence marked his adolescent and teen years, propelling Henderson to join the military upon completing high school.

An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination, Troubled recounts Henderson’s expectation-defying young life and juxtaposes his story with those of his friends who wound up incarcerated or killed. He retreads the steps and missteps he took to escape the drama and disorder of his youth. As he navigates the peaks and valleys of social class, Henderson finds that he remains on the outside looking in. His greatest achievements—a military career, an undergraduate education from Yale, a PhD from Cambridge—feel like hollow measures of success. He argues that stability at home is more important than external accomplishments, and he illustrates the ways the most privileged among us benefit from a set of social standards that actively harm the most vulnerable.

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Patrick Stewart – Making It So Memoir

Op 3 oktober 2023 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Simon & Schuster Patrick Stewart Making It So, A Memoir. Van is het autobiografische boek van de Engelse auteur Patrick Stewart is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Patrick Stewart Making It So Memoir

De Britse acteur Patrick Stewart is op 13 juli 1940 geboren in het stadje Mirfield, West-Yorkshire in Engeland. Hij is vooral bekend geworden door zijn iconische rol als captain Jean-Luc Picard in de science fiction tv-serie Star Trek: The Next Generation en in de speelfilms.

Hij is opgeleid als toneelacteur en speelde vanaf de jaren zestig onder andere rollen bij het vermaarde toneelgezelschap The Royal Shakespeare Company. Vanaf de tweede helft van de jaren zestig van de vorige eeuw speelde hij ook rollen in speelfilms en voor televisie. In de jaren 2000 begon hij ook met het inspreken van stemmen voor computergames en voice-overs voor documentaires en commercials.

Patrick Stewart Making It So Memoir

Making It So

A Memoir

  • Auteur: Patrick Stewart (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: memoir, autobiografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Simon & Schuster, Gallery Books
  • Verschijnt: 3 oktober 2023
  • Omvang: 480 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: € 36,00 / € 18,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de autobiografie van acteur Patrick Stewart

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart!

From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.

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Christina McDonald – Behind Every Lie

Christina McDonald Behind Every Lie recensie en informatie over deze Amerikaanse thriller. Op 4 februari 2020 verscheen bij Uitgeverij Gallery Books de nieuwe thriller van Christina McDonald. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van dit boek aangekondigd.

Christina McDonald Behind Every Lie Recensie en Informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van deze Amerikaanse thriller, Behind Every Lie van Christina McDonald. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van deze nieuwe thriller van Christina McDonald.

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Behind Every Lie

  • Schrijfster: Christina McDonald (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse thriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Gallery Books
  • Verschenen: 4 februari 2020
  • Omvang: 336 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: Paperback / Ebook

Flaptekst van de thriller van Christina McDonald

Eva Hansen wakes in the hospital after being struck by lightning and discovers her mother, Kat, has been murdered. Eva was found unconscious down the street. She can’t remember what happened but the police are highly suspicious of her.

Determined to clear her name, Eva heads from Seattle to London—Kat’s former home—for answers. But as she unravels her mother’s carefully held secrets, Eva soon realizes that someone doesn’t want her to know the truth. And with violent memories beginning to emerge, Eva doesn’t know who to trust. Least of all herself.

Told in alternating perspectives from Eva’s search for answers and Kat’s mysterious past, Christina McDonald has crafted another “complex, emotionally intense” (Publishers Weekly) domestic thriller. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell’s I Found You and Karin Slaughter’s Pieces of Her, Behind Every Lie explores the complicated nature of mother-daughter relationships, family trauma, and the danger behind long-held secrets.

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