A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer Summary and Reviews

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

A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer
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Author: Nina Burleigh
Edition: Paperback
Published: 1999-10-05
ISBN: 0553380516
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Bantam

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Book Review: Mary Meyer Deserves Better
Summary: 1 Stars

You would think that given the subjects of a mistress of JFK, the CIA, the Washington art world, high society in the 1920's and 30's, political intrigue, etc. that it would be difficult to write a dull book. You would think so, but the author has succeeded -- if that is the right word -- in doing just that. This book is callow, trite and flawed in almost every respect. The author shallowly misunderstands every one of the subjects listed above and the history of the 1950's too. Her leaden prose and tin ear don't help. This is a dreadful mix of politically correct staitjacked thinking and PEOPLE magazine style fascination with the lives of people the author does not understand. It is a shame this book was published, as the underlying story is a fascinating one, and all this book will do is postpone the publication of a decent book that does justice to the subject. Mary Pinchot Meyer deserved a better biography than this, and I hope someday someone else will write it...

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