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The Love Story of JFK Jr. and Christina Haag
An elegy to first love, a lost New York, and a young man who led his life with surprising and abundant grace
When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after they had both graduated from Brown University and were living in New York City, Christina and John were cast in an off-Broadway play together. It was then that John confessed his long-standing crush on her, and they embarked on a five-year love affair. Glamorous and often in the public eye, but also passionate and deeply intimate, their relationship was transformative for both of them. With exquisite prose, Haag paints a portrait of a young man with an enormous capacity for love, and an adventurous spirit that drove him to live life to its fullest.
A haunting book, Come to the Edge is a lasting evocation of a time and a place—of the indelible sting of the loss of young love, and of the people who shape you and remain with you, whether in person or in spirit. It is about being young and full of hope, with all the potential of your life as yet unfulfilled, and of coming of age at a moment in New York’s history when the city at once held danger, magic, and endless possibilities for self-discovery.
Rarely has a love story been told so beautifully.
An elegy to first love, a lost New York, and a young man who led his life with surprising and abundant grace
When Christina Haag was growing up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was just one of the boys in her circle of prep school friends, a skinny kid who lived with his mother and sister on Fifth Avenue and who happened to have a Secret Service detail following him at a discreet distance at all times. A decade later, after they had both graduated from Brown University and were living in New York City, Christina and John were cast in an off-Broadway play together. It was then that John confessed his long-standing crush on her, and they embarked on a five-year love affair. Glamorous and often in the public eye, but also passionate and deeply intimate, their relationship was transformative for both of them. With exquisite prose, Haag paints a portrait of a young man with an enormous capacity for love, and an adventurous spirit that drove him to live life to its fullest.
A haunting book, Come to the Edge is a lasting evocation of a time and a place—of the indelible sting of the loss of young love, and of the people who shape you and remain with you, whether in person or in spirit. It is about being young and full of hope, with all the potential of your life as yet unfulfilled, and of coming of age at a moment in New York’s history when the city at once held danger, magic, and endless possibilities for self-discovery.
Rarely has a love story been told so beautifully.
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"[Haag] doesn't bow to tabloid sensationalism; instead, she gently dusts off her tender, aching memories and bravely holds them to the light..."Come to the Edge "is about the endless, burning passion of young love--the kind that strips you bare and leaves you for dead when it's over...The wistful story of love and ultimate loss is told with a wealth of finely wrought details that reveal both Haag's deep sensitivity and wonder at the situation in which she has found herself; and Kennedy's conflicted nature--the free spirit who just wants to climb mountains and ski in the Alps, who admits that he is not yet a man at 30. The book also paints a compelling portrait of the lost Manhattan of the 1970s and '80s, a mysterious place of wealth and despair."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Lyrically and precisely recaptures the frenetic ecstasy of early love."--"Washington Post"
""Come to the Edge" perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and in love -- the giddiness, the lunacy, ther
"[A] haunting memoir."--Marie Claire
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"Lyrically and precisely recaptures the frenetic ecstasy of early love."--"Washington Post"
""Come to the Edge" perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and in love -- the giddiness, the lunacy, ther
"Lyrically and precisely recaptures the frenetic ecstasy of early love."--"The Washington Post"
"[A] wistful story of love and ultimate loss . . . The life of a Kennedy is one of great privilege [and Christina] Haag's memoir allows us intimate access. . . . She doesn't bow to tabloid sensationalism; instead, she gently dusts off her tender, aching memories and bravely holds them to the light."--"Los Angeles Times"
"Perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and in love--the giddiness, the lunacy, the madcap swings between exhilaration and despair . . . Haag is a beautiful writer."--"Entertainment Weekly"
"The most honest, most thoroughly rendered, most memorable memoir of young love published in recent years . . . a remarkable work.""--New York Journal of Books"
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"[A] haunting memoir.""--Marie Claire"
-Lyrically and precisely recaptures the frenetic ecstasy of early love.---The Washington Post
-[A] wistful story of love and ultimate loss . . . The life of a Kennedy is one of great privilege [and Christina] Haag's memoir allows us intimate access. . . . She doesn't bow to tabloid sensationalism; instead, she gently dusts off her tender, aching memories and bravely holds them to the light.---Los Angeles Times
-Perfectly captures what it feels like to be young and in love--the giddiness, the lunacy, the madcap swings between exhilaration and despair . . . Haag is a beautiful writer.---Entertainment Weekly
-The most honest, most thoroughly rendered, most memorable memoir of young love published in recent years . . . a remarkable work.---New York Journal of Books
-[A] haunting memoir.---Marie Claire
"Lyrically and precisely recaptures the frenetic ecstasy of early love."--The Washington Post
"[A] wistful story of love and ultimate loss . . . The life of a Kennedy is one of great privilege [and Christina] Haag's memoir allows us intimate access. . . . She doesn't bow to tabloid sensationalism; instead, she gently dusts off her tender, aching memories and bravely holds them to the light."--Los Angeles Times
"[A] haunting memoir."--Marie Claire
Christina Haag is an actress who lives in New York and Los Angeles. She is a graduate of Brown University and the Juilliard School.
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