An Evening With Dawn Tripp
Join us for a special evening with bestselling author Dawn Tripp, as she discusses her latest novel, Jackie—a vivid and intimate portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Through this beautifully imagined work of historical fiction, Tripp brings to life the complexities of a woman who was far more than a First Lady. Gain fresh insight into Jackie’s private world, her resilience, ambition, and enduring mystique.
Don’t miss this chance to hear directly from the author about her research, inspiration, and the writing process behind Jackie. Doors will open at 6:30 PM, and the event will begin promptly at 7:00 PM. A Q&A and book signing will follow the conversation.
Tickets:
$19 - Includes a copy of Jackie
15% of tickets sales will be donated to the Friends of The Wellesley Free Library
About Jackie
Jackie is the story of a woman who forged a legacy out of grief and shaped history even as she was living it—a deeply private person with a nuanced, formidable intellect. It is the story of a love affair, a complicated marriage, and the fracturing of identity that comes in the wake of unthinkable violence.
When Jackie meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy in Georgetown, she is twenty-one and dreaming of France. She has won an internship at Vogue, and she thinks Kennedy is not her kind of adventure: “Too American. Too good-looking. Too boy.” Yet she is drawn to his mind, his humor, and his drive. The chemistry between them ignites. During the White House years, the love between two independent people deepens. Then, a motorcade in Dallas: “Three and a half seconds—that’s all it was—a slivered instant between the first shot, which missed the car, and the second, which did not. . . . A hypnotic burst of sunlight off her bracelet as she waved.”
This spare, exquisite novel is a window into the world of a woman who led many different lives: Jackie, Jacks, Jacqueline, Miss Bouvier, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Onassis, Jackie O. It is at once a deeply human story and a captivating work of imagination that comes right up against what she was thinking and feeling, what she was afraid of, fought for, and believed in.
About The Author
Dawn Tripp is the nationally bestselling author of the novels Jackie and Georgia, finalist for the New England Book Award and winner of the Mary Lynn Kotz Award for Art in Literature. Tripp is the author of three previous novels: Game of Secrets, Moon Tide, and The Season of Open Water, which won the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction. Her poems and essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, Harvard Review, Conjunctions, NPR, and others. Her books have been published into a dozen languages. She serves on the executive board of the Boston Book Festival and on the board of Gnome Surf: A non-profit surf therapy organization focused on creating a culture shift towards kindness, love, and acceptance for athletes of all abilities. She graduated from Harvard and lives in Massachusetts with her sons.