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The instant New York Times bestseller | Named one of the ten best books of 2019 by People magazine

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 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.

"In Touched by the Sun, Simon reveals an easy-going, playful side of [Jackie] that most people never saw ― sneaking a smoke during intermission at the opera, frolicking in the ocean off the Vineyard . . . The woman who would later edit several of Simon’s children’s books was 'just fun to be around.'" ―Juliet Pennington, The Boston Globe

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"Simon's book is full of . . . glimpses of the late Mrs. Onassis you wouldn't get anywhere else." ―Will Pavia, The Times (London)

"A chronicle of a close friendship that might seem unlikely on the surface . . . A behind-the-scenes glimpse at parties where the famous mingle with the famous." ―Kirkus

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Carly Simon is a songwriter and singer of songs. Her children are Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor Bragonier. She has one grandchild: Bodhi Taylor Bragonier. She lives on Martha's Vineyard and is the author of Boys in the Trees.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition (October 22, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374277729
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0374277727
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches

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Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5), a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.

After a brief stint with her sister Lucy Simon as duo group the Simon Sisters, she found great success as a solo artist with her 1971 self-titled debut album Carly Simon, which won her the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and spawned her first Top 10 single "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be". Simon achieved international fame with her third album No Secrets which sat firmly at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for 5 weeks, and spawned the worldwide hit "You're So Vain", for which she received three Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Over the course of her career, Simon has amassed 24 Billboard Hot 100 charting singles, 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary charting singles, and has won two Grammy Awards. AllMusic called Simon, "One of the quintessential singer/songwriters of the '70s". Simon has a contralto vocal range.

For her 1988 hit "Let the River Run", from the film Working Girl, Simon became the first artist in history to win a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for a song composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1994, inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for "You're So Vain" in 2004, and awarded the ASCAP Founders Award in 2012. In 1995 and 1998, respectively, Simon received the Boston Music Awards Lifetime Achievement and a Berklee College of Music Honorary Doctor of Music Degree.

Simon is the former wife of another notable singer-songwriter, James Taylor. Simon and Taylor have two children together, Sarah "Sally" Maria Taylor and Benjamin "Ben" Simon Taylor, who are also musicians.

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Heartfelt book

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2024

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Amazing....well written. Beautiful...endearing
..memorable. loved every minute of this book. Im so glad Jackie was in Carly"s life and the richment she brought.

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Thank you, Carly!!!

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019

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Friendship. It’s an entity unto itself, isn’t it? There’s one friend (Carly) and then there’s the other (Jackie), and then there’s the friendship that burns like a candle between them. This book is about that candle. It is not a tell-all about either woman, though Carly’s disarming candor, and the fearlessness with which she shares how the world looks through her eyes, reveals much about her humanity, her humor, and her wisdom.

Carly uses her lyrical way with words to write this love song, of sorts, to friendship. To a relationship that was composed of shared secrets and easy familiarity as much as it was with unanswered questions and sometimes awkward moments.

I give huge credit to Carly for this honest telling of their story. A lesser human in Carly’s situation might easily have been tempted to embellish, to portray the friendship as more flawlessly intimate than it was. A lesser human would almost certainly be at least tempted to let a little of Jackie’s stardust sprinkle on them.

But Carly has an expansive, kind, and generous soul. I can’t claim to know all of her reasons for writing this book, but there is one thing that is almost palpable as you read: Carly is a person who uses her words the same way she uses her musical talents: to make connections with other souls. She expresses feelings of doubt, tells stories on herself that might not be completely flattering. She is sharing her humanity, and hoping you’ll recognize that same feeling that you, the reader, have within yourself. She is extending a hand and hoping you will take it, and join her as she tells her story.

If you’re looking for a tell-all book about Jackie, this isn’t your book. If you’re looking for a book that reflects on the nature of friendship as it existed between two remarkable women, then grab yourself a cup of hot tea, find your fuzzy slippers, light a fire in the fireplace, and settle in for a conversation with Carly. What a gift she has given all of us in this delicious book!

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I like Carly's style of writing. Sometime obtuse but beautiful also. It was nice to see another side of Jackie also.

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Should've been titled Boys in The Trees: The Sequel; not about Jackie

Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024

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This is a continuation of Carly Simon's memoir that ends w/her divorce from James Taylor. She fills in some gaps - she remarried (he sponged off her & turned out to be gay), continued her musical career, and continued to suffer from the demons of childhood sexual abuse, speech impediment, absent parents, a rock star lifestyle, depression & anxiety, but had an enormous group of famous friends (she got a backstage pass to the Stones for Caroline & JFKJr). Jackie may or may not have been a close one, but here she uses Jackie as the one to whom she confessed many problems. Jackie didn't offer much personal info in return, but she seemed willing to offer advice and a shoulder to cry on. It's an abbreviated memoir with song lyrics, but she still has a very off-the-cuff rambling style of writing that's hard to understand. It sounds like someone writing under the influence of psychedelics, but she says she's afraid of them & talks quit a bit about the prescription drugs she's hiding, taking, mixing. I've been a Carly Simon music fan & Boys in The Trees was a revelation that she didn't write all - or even most - of her lyrics. She has ideas that are best translated by someone else. Except for the sales hook of "Jackie O," this serves no purpose other than to continue her memoir.

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An intriguing view of a lovely friendship.

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2019

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I found this book fascinating. Being a Midwesterner, I just recently visited Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard for the first time (and I'm in my 60's). In order to understand these women and their friendship, Carly Simon takes you into the Vineyard milieu, which is certainly far removed from mine. For that reason alone, I was intrigued. How two people become friends and share thoughts and ideas beyond a surface level is interesting in and of itself. What did Carly and Jackie talk about? As it turns out, they were both crazy about Mike Nichols (funny), but they also discussed what love is. They both had difficult, problematic marriages, and that drew them to each other. I was interested in how Carly respected Jackie and steered clear of discussing the devastating times in her life. A true friend would do this. Both Jackie and Carly were artistic and very talented women in different spheres. Carly is very open about her issues with anxiety; no doubt Jackie had coped with severe anxiety in her life as well. Yes, as many reviewers state, the book is about Carly---yet it helps the reader understand who SHE was and how she related to Jackie. Although Jackie was just 16 years older than Carly, Carly received affirmation from Jackie that she had not received from her own mother. I would recommend this book to anyone caring to reflect on true friendship and how two women supported each other emotionally throughout a decade.

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Love Letter

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019

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This book was a joy to read. I made myself savor it over three nights even though I could have read it in one. It is a love letter written to a friend by an amazing artist and poet. I would read out loud certain passages to my husband because her words, her turn of phrase, were like a painting. Describing things in such detail that I could see what she was saying perfectly in my mind, making it even more beautiful than it was in real life. I think she captured Jackie perfectly. I loved that there were no egos or jealousy in their friendship. I loved how she described: we both went into the same store but wanted different things. Those are rare friendships between women and they were both blessed to have known one another. Carly is such a great talent. I recently watched Vogues 50 questions with Taylor Swift. She was asked what were the lyrics above all others do you wish you wrote yourself. Without hesitation she said: Clouds in my coffee. Great art is timeless.

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Excellent product

A moving account.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2024

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I learnt a lot from reading this very well written book. It wasn’t what I had been expecting. And I am glad about that. Carly writes in an incisive and emotive way which I found extremely evocative. Just shows how women can support one another. Good book

Marie

Jackie Kennedy by her friend Carly Simon

Reviewed in France on May 21, 2022

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Good book if you like Carly Simon and want to know more about her friendship with Jackie Kennedy.

CARLOS BELTRAN

Debería tener otro titulo

Reviewed in Mexico on March 13, 2020

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Carly Simon se centra en hablar de ella misma. Poco de Jackie. Gran decepción

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Madeline A. Bruce

I enjoyed this book.

Reviewed in Canada on January 15, 2020

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It is respectful yet does give a friend's view of Jackie. Also, I learned how impressive and loveable Mike Nichols was.

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Respectful, moving book

Reviewed in Germany on November 28, 2020

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This book is a poem so tender, loving and respectful. A book about friendship, about loving people as a whole with flaws and imperfections. Very moving.

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