She hints at her acting career, movie star Daryl Hannah, his inability to commit to marriage -to her, but in the end, just calls it bad timing.Īlthough the prose is flowery and the action self-serving, nothing shocking or new is revealed. Jackie approved Ethel didn’t Rose would like to see him settled. She could be writing a romance novel with sleepovers at Jackie O’s 5th Avenue apartment, the Kennedy Compound, Jackie’s house in New Jersey – magnificent backdrops as Haag vividly describes the settings (not the romps) in detail. Haag recalls their passion, moonlit walks, exciting adventures, and John’s terrifying recklessness (“…don’t tell Mommy, he repeated like a mantra.”). Later, a play about Irish lovers sparks the romance – the rehearsed kisses for their roles become real. When they met again at Brown, they became housemates. This is Christina Haag’s memoir – her life, her parents, her friends.Īmazingly, she recalls where John John got his hair cut as a child, and because she traveled in the same elite private school circle as a teenager in New York City, she had invitations to parties and gatherings where she witnessed and sometimes participated in JFK, Jr.’s young adult transgressions. In a clever prologue, Haag remembers her first real kiss with JFK,Jr. When I saw Christina Haag interviewed on a morning talk show, I was hooked, and wanted to read her memoir – “Come to the Edge.” The promise of an insider’s view of the young prince was enticing, since anyone else who knew Kennedy is either dead or not talking.
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