"Where Taraborrelli excels is in excavating the personal histories of the three women and how they were forever shadowed by painful episodes in their lives. [The Bush women] created a singular, admirable legacy, and this book portrays them as genuine, struggling human beings." -- Washington Post "Bestselling celebrity biographer Taraborrelli engagingly presents the background and stories of First Ladies Barbara and Laura, as well as Barbara's mother-in-law Dorothy Walker Bush.[ Grace & Steel ] portrays the women of the Bush family as far more interesting, and occasionally more ambitious, than the men." -- Library Journal "A unique and colorful look at one of America's most powerful political families." -- Publishers Weekly "Taraborrelli gives the Bushes the royal treatment.A glossy dissection of the women members of a family that has loomed large over decades of U.S politics.
" -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for The Kennedy Heirs: "Leaves no stone unturned as it retraces the lives of the Kennedy children." -- Hollywood Reporter, "Hollywood's Top 10 Beach Reads" "Taraborrelli has become a leading Kennedy historian.an authoritative, irresistible page-turner." -- Shelf Awareness "Kennedy followers will be intrigued by this absorbing narrative of the dynasty's continuing hold on American life." -- Library Journal (starred) "A dishy group portrait.Kennedy worshippers--and haters--will feast on the juicy details in Taraborrelli's soap opera." -- Publishers Weekly "In this sprawling post-Camelot account, Taraborrelli details the lives of the third generation--the grandchildren of Joe and Rose Kennedy--as they have tried to live up to Kennedy values.No scandal or luxurious dining room goes overlooked.
Kennedy die-hards will love it." -- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Jackie, Janet, and Lee (currently being developed for TV by Tomorrow Studios) "Riveting [and] deliciously readable." -- New York Times Book Review "Revealing.Taraborrelli explores the complicated relationship between Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, her mother Janet Lee Auchincloss, and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill." -- People Magazine, "Best Books About the Kennedy Family" "Taraborrelli takes an intimate look at the sisters' complicated relationship with [Aristotle Onassis], and reveals for the first time what really happened when Lee learned her sister was marrying Onassis five years after John F. Kennedy's death." -- Harper's Bazaar "Taraborrelli captures the glamorous, tragic, seductive and completely absorbing world of the Kennedys and those who married them.irresistible, intimate and revealing.
" -- Shelf Awareness "Taraborrelli's gossipy narrative revels in luxurious decor, stunning outfits, and soap-operatic fights in this entertaining saga of how wealthy, fashionable women got that way." -- Publishers Weekly "A narrative about money and the seemingly unlimited power that goes with it.The aura of Camelot lives on in a book for Kennedy completists and those who enjoy tales of the rich and powerful." -- Kirkus Reviews "Engrossing.a voyeuristic look into a world of patrician privilege." -- Library Journal.