The Secret Letters of Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy by Leigh Wendy

Author:Leigh, Wendy [Leigh, Wendy]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-07-30T16:00:00+00:00

3307 N Street

Washington, D.C.

Martha Marshall

444 East 57th Street

New York, New York

May 20, 1959

Dear Martha,

Forgive me for not writing to you sooner, but all this campaigning has exhausted me. The extremely belated answer to all your questions is yes to everything. Sometimes I look at Jack and he seems truly blessed, golden, like Gatsby, with a pure spirit and an honesty which should prevail. At other times, I could just throttle him, but that’s another story altogether. …

This is just a short note to add my thanks to Jack’s for your most generous campaign contribution.* You are such a good friend to us both.

I do think it is sad, though, that you didn’t get to say hi to Jack during your mutual stay in Chicago. That way he could have thanked you personally for your generosity.

In any event, I am writing this on board the Caroline, Jack’s campaign plane, a present from Joe K. It’s a DC-3, with a dining area, a sleeping area, and a galley, where I invariably end up making Boston clam chowder for Jack, as he loves it so. The plane is now jack’s campaign center and he spends far more time here than at home. Whenever I can, I fly with him, but usually spend most of my time doing needlepoint or reading—most recently, Lolita (which I didn’t like) and Bonjour Tristesse, which I did.

I am starting to get accustomed to the hectic pace of the campaign. In the end, I hope it will all be worth it. I can’t believe how many hands I have to shake. Many of the women are even shyer than I am. And I tend to spend most of my time wondering how Caroline is getting on without me.

We are about to land in Des Moines—but before we do, I wanted to say that I adored Some Like It Hot and laughed until I cried.

Love,

J

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