A portrait of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; her mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss; and her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill, discusses their ambitions, status-seeking marriages, illicit liaisons, and psychological profiles.

Part I. The beginning -- Part II. A mother's duty -- Part III. Heady times -- Part IV. The White House years -- Part V. Trouble brewing -- Part VI. The assassination -- Part VII. Recovery -- Part VIII. Transition -- Part IX. Onassis -- Part X. Shifting tides -- Part XI. Enduring -- Part XII. "Well, happy and loved ..." -- Epilogue: passages.