Once Upon a Secret

Saturday evening I sat down to begin reading "Once Upon a Secret" that I picked up a few weeks ago and had been wanting to read.  Its a book with about 180 pages telling the story of Mimi Alford, who had an affair with President Kennedy.  I was surprised at what a quick read it was and once I started the book I didn't put it down until I had finished it.  

In it she details about being a journalist for the newspaper at her boarding school and writing asking to interview Jackie O.  Jackie was unavailable for her interview, but her personal secretary was available to do the interview, so Mimi traveled to the White House for the interview.  The next year she was offered an internship in the press office and shortly after starting was invited for a mid day swim, and then later that day to the private residence of the White House, where the affair began.

She details about the many trips and experiences of her nearly 18 month long affair with the President and that she last saw him a week before he was killed.  She originally was scheduled to go to Dallas with him, but Jackie had decided to go, so Mimi was taken off the list to go.  She would never see him again.

It was a very interesting book and worth the read.