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A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer | Nina Burleigh

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In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of President John F. Kennedy, whom she had known since private school days, and after her death, reports that she had kept a diary set off a tense search by her brother-in-law, newsman Ben Bradlee, and CIA spymaster James Jesus Angleton. But the only suspect in her murder was acquitted, and today her life and death are still a source of intense speculation, as Nina Burleigh reveals in her widely praised book, the first to examine this haunting story. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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emilyhaldi

A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer | Nina Burleigh

I never know what I might find on my mom‘s bookshelves... this one about #powerandthepassion has piqued my interest ❣️
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TommieMarie74 I used to love perusing my mom‘s bookshelves. I found several gems there over the years. 7y

Reviewsbylola Sounds good. I read a memoir written by one of JFK‘s mistresses and thought it was great. Although it‘s hard to reconcile liking JFK with the fact that he was also a shitty, philandering husband. 7y

Christine11 Sounds fascinating ! 7y

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Mdargusch Let me know if you like it since I‘ve never read it. 🙄 7y

ValerieAndBooks Isn‘t she the one who was Ben Bradlee‘s SIL? Looks interesting! 7y

Cinfhen So interesting👍🏻 7y

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Crystallinegirl

A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer | Nina Burleigh

The book I'm about to start, from last week's library trip. Edit: bailed. Extremely dry, and paints her life only as it pertains to the men around her. Couldn't keep reading it.

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