Camera Girl, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Camera Girl, Carl Sferrazza Anthony
List: $26.99 | Sale: $18.89
Club: $13.49

Camera Girl
The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy

Author: Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Narrator: Imani Jade Powers

Unabridged: 11 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/02/2023


Synopsis

This revealing biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy explores her early years as a writer, photographer, and ambitious young woman—offering a fresh portrait of the future First Lady before her life with John F. Kennedy.

“One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date.” —The Washington Post

From New York Times bestselling author and presidential historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Camera Girl is an illuminating and “wholly refreshing” (David Maraniss) look at Jackie’s formative years in Paris, New York, and Washington, DC.

In the early 1950s, long before she became an international icon, Jacqueline Bouvier was a curious, driven young journalist working for the Washington Times-Herald as the “Inquiring Camera Girl.” Armed with her Graflex camera, she roamed the streets of the nation’s capital, capturing candid photographs and asking everyday Americans thoughtful, revealing questions—producing hundreds of widely read columns.

Drawing from these columns, previously unpublished writings, and original interviews with those who knew her, this richly detailed biography traces Jackie’s coming-of-age as she pursued a career, challenged expectations placed on women, and navigated love, ambition, and identity.

A vivid work of narrative nonfiction, this book offers a compelling look at midcentury America, women in journalism, and the making of one of the most fascinating and influential women of the 20th century.

About Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Carl Sferrazza Anthony is the author of a dozen books about presidents’ wives and families, including As We Remember Her: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the Words of Her Family and Friends; The Kennedy White House: Family Life and Pictures, 1961–1963; and the two-volume First Ladies: The Saga of the Presidents’ Wives and Their Power, 1789–1990. He has served as guest curator for presidential library exhibits, written for numerous national publications, and served as contributing editor to the late John F. Kennedy, Jr.’s George magazine.  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. With RFK Jr running for President, this book is more relevant than it has any right to be. Like so many books on the Kennedys, this is an effort to furnish some truth about them, but we always have to wrangle with the now almost century old PR campaign. There's......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn

This is an autobiography about Jacqueline Bouvier and eventually Kennedy’s beginning years as a young adult. From the end of her sophomore year at Vassar to her engagement to the second and final John, John Kennedy. Most of the book it’s about her wanting to be a reporter or something she did initia......more


Quotes

"Powers takes listeners through Bouvier’s less-than-idyllic childhood with a sympathetic narration style that captures the complex experiences and emotions of a young woman at odds with her time. Her narration skillfully mimics Bouvier’s speaking style when sharing pieces written directly by her, capturing listeners’ emotions without making the performance sound over the top."