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Touched by the Sun

My Friendship with Jackie

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Touched by the Sun

By: Carly Simon
Narrated by: Elizabeth McGovern
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A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha’s Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair - Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from her recent divorce, searching for meaning, new love, and an anchor; and Jackie, one of the most celebrated, meticulous, unknowable women in American history. Nonetheless, over the next decade their lives merged in inextricable and complex ways, and they forged a connection deeper than either could ever have foreseen. The time they spent together - lingering lunches and creative collaborations, nights out on the town and mundane movie dates - brought a welcome lightness and comfort to their days, but their conversations often veered into more profound territory as they helped each other navigate the shifting waters of life lived, publicly, in the wake of great love and great loss.

An intimate, vulnerable, and insightful portrait of the bond that grew between two iconic and starkly different American women, Carly Simon’s Touched by the Sun is a chronicle, in loving detail, of the late friendship she and Jackie shared. It is a meditation on the ways someone can unexpectedly enter our lives and change its course as well as a celebration of kinship in all its many forms.

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Having ALWAYS Loved both these women is only bettered by knowing they were friends. So Often we seem to forget how special every day life is...Ms Carly in her warm comforting voice not only tells a glorious tale, she invites you in to enjoy the moment. Loved this book & the ability to be "normal" ❤

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The narrator was annoying, a kind of affected Boston Brahmin accent trying to sound like Jackie (poorly). The story itself was more about Carly’s neurotic self-centered obsession. I found it kind of trashy to be profiting from a friendship.

Disappointing

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This is not a book about Jackie. This is the story of a friendship. If you want to read/hear a book about Jackie, try a biography. If you like Carly Simon and want to hear about her relationship with Jackie, this story is for you.
I am always amazed at Carly‘s talent. She has a way with words, and she creates a beautiful picture of her friend. The narrator does a very good job presenting Jackie’s short quotations. The book is fun to listen to, and I really enjoyed Carly’s portrait of Jackie through their experiences together.

A touching story about a friendship

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the narrator’s voice and accent and emphasis was so distracting to the story. it was almost annoying.

the narrator

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Loved it. Would recommend for fans of Carly Simon, especially if they liked boys in the trees, her other autobiography. Would recommend that book too.

Great story, great narrating.

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I loved the story and felt privileged to hear about their very special bond. My only wish was that Carly Simon herself narrated it.

Touched by the Sun

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If you're a Jackie O lover you'll get insights I never had. for being a book I thought there was a lot more depth Carly could have offered.

however it was as presented a story about their relationship and that's about it

hoping for more depth

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I loved this book. It was truly an enjoyable read/listen! I want to learn more about Carly Simon after listening to this.

Fantastic!

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Lover her work, but this is less a story of Jackie and more about Carly’s hang ups....

Disappointing

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An artist that randomly finds friendship in Jackie Kennedy (Onasis), whose on life experienced so many personal tragedies.

The closeness of 2 true friends

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