Jacqueline in Paris by Ann Mah

1949年8月，Jacquel来到战后的巴黎，开始她在国外的大三生活。她二十岁，在社会上很有地位，但经济状况不稳定，而且非常清楚母亲对她的期望，即她能成为一个出色的伴侣。在屈服于家庭压力之前，她有一年的时间可以远离沉睡的瓦萨学院和纽约僵化的社交圈，有一年的时间可以探索和吸收光明之城的光辉之美。Jacqueline立即被推入一个令人陶醉的新世界，这里有香槟和城堡、艺术和前卫戏剧、咖啡馆和爵士乐俱乐部。她与一位有才华的年轻作家建立了恋情，这位作家与她一样热爱文学和文化–尽管她的母亲会认为他是最不合适的。

但在光鲜亮丽的外表下，法国是一个脆弱的地方，仍然受到占领时期的困扰。Jacqueline与一位寡居的伯爵夫人和她的女儿们住在一间破旧的公寓里，她们都是几年前法国抵抗运动的成员。二战结束后，巴黎成了间谍的巢穴，猜疑、欺骗和背叛潜伏在每个角落。Jacqueline目瞪口呆地看着共产主义的兴起–这在美国是一种耻辱，但在法国却是一种活跃的运动–她从未想过自己正目睹着政治环境的开始，而这种环境将塑造她的余生–以及她未来的丈夫。

本书描写了一个美国偶像的起源故事，内容生动、敏感，并有丰富的历史细节。Ann Mah出色地想象了Jacqueline在智力和审美方面的觉醒，并阐明了法国将如何证明是她的真爱，以及对她的生活产生的最大影响之一。

From the bestselling author of The Lost Vintage, a rare and dazzling portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier’s college year abroad in postwar Paris, an intimate and electrifying story of love and betrayal, and the coming-of-age of an American icon – before the world knew her as Jackie.

In August 1949 Jacqueline Bouvier arrives in postwar Paris to begin her junior year abroad. She’s twenty years old, socially poised but financially precarious, and all too aware of her mother’s expectations that she make a brilliant match. Before relenting to family pressure, she has one year to herself far away from sleepy Vassar College and the rigid social circles of New York, a year to explore and absorb the luminous beauty of the City of Light. Jacqueline is immediately catapulted into an intoxicating new world of champagne and châteaux, art and avant-garde theater, cafés and jazz clubs. She strikes up a romance with a talented young writer who shares her love of literature and passion for culture – even though her mother would think him most unsuitable.

But beneath the glitter and rush, France is a fragile place still haunted by the Occupation. Jacqueline lives in a rambling apartment with a widowed countess and her daughters, all of whom suffered as part of the French Resistance just a few years before. In the aftermath of World War II, Paris has become a nest of spies, and suspicion, deception, and betrayal lurk around every corner. Jacqueline is stunned to watch the rise of communism – anathema in America, but an active movement in France – never guessing she is witnessing the beginning of the political environment that will shape the rest of her life—and that of her future husband.

Evocative, sensitive, and rich in historic detail, Jacqueline in Paris portrays the origin story of an American icon. Ann Mah brilliantly imagines the intellectual and aesthetic awakening of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, and illuminates how France would prove to be her one true love, and one of the greatest influences on her life.

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