Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House Book

In GRACE & POWER: THE PRIVATE WORLD OF THE KENNEDY WHITE HOUSE, New York Times bestselling author Sally Bedell Smith takes us inside the Kennedy White House with unparalleled access and insight. Having interviewed scores of Kennedy intimates, including many who have never spoken before, and drawing on letters and personal papers made available for the first time, Smith paints a richly detailed picture of the personal relationships behind the high purpose and poiltical drama of the twentieth century's most storied presidency.
At the dawn of the 1960s, a forty-three-year-old president and his thirty-one-year-old first lady – the youngest couple ever to occupy the White House – captivated the world with their easy elegance and their cool conviction that anything was possible. Jack and Jackie Kennedy gathered around them an intensely loyal and brillant coterie of intellectuals, journalists, diplomats, international jet-setters and artists. Perhaps as...

USA Today - Deirdre Donahue

Is it humanly possible to write something fresh and original about the Kennedy White House? Experienced biographer Sally Bedell Smith in Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House certainly presents a nuanced and balanced portrait of the Kennedy couple, drawing on interviews with their intimates.