{"product_id":"once-upon-a-secret-my-hidden-affair-with-jfk","title":"Once Upon A Secret - My Hidden Affair With JFK","description":"\u003cspan id=\"freeText13863309723135574734\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn '62, Mimi Beardsley was a naive teen, a product of her class \u0026amp; time. She'd attended the same exclusive girls' school as Jackie Bouvier, now installed in the White House as the first lady. Which is also where Mimi found herself, as an 18-year-old intern. JFK's White House was a place for which she wasn't remotely prepared, dominated by the charismatic \u0026amp; sexually rapacious figure of the president. Within four days, they'd started a relationship.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e There are several extraordinary things about Mimi's story. One is that she'd evaded notice from any of the biographers of JFK \u0026amp; other chroniclers of the heady days \u0026amp; sexual shenanigans of Camelot. Only by chance did a reporter in 2006 follow up a mention of her name in a JFK book, \u0026amp; doorstep her--a married NY grandmother--to find out whether she was the Mimi Beardsely mentioned in a passing reference. This is all the more surprising given the length of the affair--18 months--\u0026amp; the fact that it was ended only by his death.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Mimi Beardsley Alford has decided, after decades of silence \u0026amp; reflection, to tell her story. This is not just a memoir of a young woman of her generation \u0026amp; class coming of age in the 60s, \u0026amp; her relationship with JFK. She also examines the significance it had in her life \u0026amp; relationships since, why she chose to be silent for so long \u0026amp; why she feels this is the time to speak out.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42448197779627,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/3_cfc911f2-37b1-4568-8466-4bb63d850211.jpg?v=1674049470","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/once-upon-a-secret-my-hidden-affair-with-jfk","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}