A review by missapples
Touched by the Sun: My Friendship with Jackie by Carly Simon
3.0
Some things about Jackie Onassis I took away from this book:
- Jackie didn’t hesitate to tell Carly what kind of men Carly should and shouldn’t be with. Same went for friendships.
- Jackie liked to refuse dinner invitations and then spend hours on the phone listening to Carly talk about who sat where, and said what to whom.
- Jackie knew JFK had affairs, but in her mind he still loved her more than any of those women.
- Aristotle Onassis was a bully who insulted her in front of others.
- Her sister Lee was jealous of her and always tried to outdo Jackie, a gossip which, as it turns out, was true.
- Jackie thought it would take generations for women to become truly equal with men. In the meantime, she believed it was better for a relationship if the man was allowed and expected to take care of the woman.
- Jackie didn’t hesitate to tell Carly what kind of men Carly should and shouldn’t be with. Same went for friendships.
- Jackie liked to refuse dinner invitations and then spend hours on the phone listening to Carly talk about who sat where, and said what to whom.
- Jackie knew JFK had affairs, but in her mind he still loved her more than any of those women.
- Aristotle Onassis was a bully who insulted her in front of others.
- Her sister Lee was jealous of her and always tried to outdo Jackie, a gossip which, as it turns out, was true.
- Jackie thought it would take generations for women to become truly equal with men. In the meantime, she believed it was better for a relationship if the man was allowed and expected to take care of the woman.