These Few Precious Days by Christopher Andersen

How funny, I thought-red roses for me.” Soon, the backseat of their car would be strewn with blood-soaked rose petals-a surreal image she would never be able to erase from her mind. “Only in Dallas,” Jackie said, “I was given red roses. Three times that day before they got to Dallas, she feigned delight as someone presented her with the yellow roses for which Texas was so famous. Unsparing yet sympathetic, bigger than life but all too real, These Few Precious Days captures the ups and downs of a marriage, a man, and a woman, the memories of which will continue to fascinate and inspire for generations to come.She would always remember the roses.

Touching firsthand accounts of the family's most private moments, before and after the assassination Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted with the Kennedys' inner circle-from family members and lifelong friends to key advisors and political confidantes-Andersen takes us deeper inside the world of the president and his first lady than ever before.

How the tragic death of their infant son Patrick led to an emotional outpouring from the president that surprised even their closest friends-and brought JFK and Jackie closer than they had ever been.

Shocking revelations about how the couple, unaware of the dangers, became dependent on amphetamine injections, the real reason- according to his longtime personal physician- for JFK's notorious libido, and how the White House hid his many serious medical problems from the public.

The president's many premonitions of his own death, and how he repeatedly tried to pull out of his last fateful trip to Dallas.

Stunning new details about the Kennedys' rumored affairs-hers as well as his-and how they ultimately overcame all odds to save their marriage.

Tender, intimate, complex, and, at times, explosive, theirs is a love story unlike any other-filled with secrets, scandals, and bombshells that could never be fully revealed.

Now, in this rare, behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kennedys in their final year together, #1 New York Times bestselling biographer Christopher Andersen shows us a side of JFK and Jackie we've never seen before. ' -from 'September Song,' JFK's favorite They were the original power couple- outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating.

'The days dwindle down, to a precious few. The New York Times bestselling author presents the most famous couple in the world in their last year together, answering lingering questions about this still-mesmerizing marriage.

These Few Precious Days by Christopher Andersen