Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
Publisher: Random House
Published: February 8, 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781400069101
Description: In the summer of 1962, nineteen-year-old Mimi Beardsley arrived by train in Washington, D.C., to begin an internship in the White House press office. The Kennedy Administration had reinvigorated the capital and the country--and Mimi was eager to contribute. For a young woman from a privileged but sheltered upbringing, the job was the chance of a lifetime. Although she started as a lowly intern, Mimi made an impression on Kennedy's inner circle and, after just three days at the White House, she was presented to the President himself. Almost immediately, the two began an affair that would continue for the next eighteen months.