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Once Upon a Time by Elizabeth Beller ( – book cover

Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

By Elizabeth Beller (

Biographies and Memoirs

A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a…

Release Date
2025
Length
352 pages
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
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Our Review

A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty

Author

Elizabeth Beller (