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Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with KKC. Now this episode is part two of the

interview that I conducted yesterday with the author of Jackie, Public, Private, and Secret.

The book is written by J. Randy Tarabarelli. He is a New York Times best-selling author,

and again, it's a startling look at the life of the legendary former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy

Onassis. This is based on hundreds of interviews with friends, family, and lovers,

over a 30-year period, as well as previously unreleased material from the JFK Library.

And this book paints an unforgettable new portrait of a woman whose flaws and contradictions

only serve to make her even more iconic. So soon after President Kennedy's death,

she began the work of creating the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum as a memorial

to her husband. She chose the architect IMPay to design the building, which now stands as a landmark

overlooking Boston Harbor. In 1968, Jacqueline Kennedy married a Greek shipping magnet, Aristotle Onassis.

And when he died, in 1975, she became a widow a second time. Now that her children were older,

she decided to begin a new career. She accepted a job as an editor-adviking press in New York City,

and later moved to Double Day as a senior editor. She enjoyed a successful career in publishing

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