White House Nannie

Signet/New American Library (1966). Maud Shaw, "bestest friend" to Caroline and John-John, was employed by Mrs. Kennedy when JFK was still a promising young senator. In "White House Nannie" she tells of her history-filled days with the Kennedys in Washington, Hyannis Port and Palm Beach. Never betraying the family trust, Miss Shaw reveals the private faces of two public figures: Mrs. Kennedy teaching her children to ride, to swim, to curtsy to a queen; the President tucking them into bed each night with a kiss. She shows how domestic episodes impinged upon affairs of state--sometimes with hilarious consequences. In a heartrending chapter Miss Shaw describes how she broke the news of her father's death to Caroline, and, finally, tells of her own anguish at parting from the children she loved when family duty called her back to England. (Jacket copy)