Once upon a Secret

The sensational story of Mimi Alford and the secret she kept for 40 years - her teenage affair with President John F Kennedy during her time as a White House Intern.The sensational story of Mimi Alford and the secret she kept for 40 years - her teenage affair with President John F Kennedy during her time as a White House Intern.During the 18 months that Mimi Alford was President John F Kennedy's lover, he never kissed her on the lips.For the naive All American girl, the JFK White House was a place for which she was not remotely prepared. Dominated by the charismatic and sexually magnetic figure of the president, it was as a 19-year-old intern in the White House press office that Mimi Alford became the object of Kennedy's affections, and within days they had started a relationship.She lost her virginity to him on her fourth day at work.In Once Upon a Secret, for the first time, Alford has revealed every detail of her experiences as Kennedy's mistress - an affair that was ended only by his assassination.Mimi has decided, after 40 years of silence and deep reflection, to tell her story.

“Strangely compelling”

Her tale has a certain sort of integrity that almost all kiss and tells lack. -- Sarah Vine The Times
You can’t help liking her, or her elegant and thoroughly good natured book -- Marcus Berkmann The Spectator
A likeable book by a likeable woman -- Lynn Barber The Sunday Times
Carefully constructed memoir...of a woman who flew too close to the sun -- Robert McCrum Observer
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Mimi Alford lives with her husband in Massachusetts. Together they have seven grandchildren. This is her first book.

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