Jackie & Me

“Riveting, funny, charming, and haunting. All of Louis Bayard’s incredible gifts as a teller of stories we think we already know are on brilliant display here: a captivating setting, unforgettable characters, and an entirely  surprising take on a familiar tale . . . He makes it look so easy! I will happily follow Bayard wherever he leads.” 
—Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest and Good Company

 

“We all dream of novels as good as this one: Fascinating, funny, gorgeous, heartbreaking.”
—Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank with Me and Better Luck Next Time

 

“A meditation on the definitions, possibilities, and failures of friendship . . .  As for Jackie, she’s pure delight . . . [Jackie & Me is] romance with bite: The perfect escapism for today’s anxious times.” 
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

 

“[Bayard] brings a poignant empathy, persuasive intimacy, and nuanced imagination to . . . a relatively unexamined chapter in Kennedy lore.”
—Booklist (starred review)

 

“A startling rendering of Jackie Kennedy’s life written with panache and daring.”
—Laurence Leamer, bestselling author of The Kennedy Women and Capote’s Women