The Onassis Women: An Eyewitness Account

by Kiki Feroudi Moutsatsos

Aristotle Onassis's personal secretary reveals the late tycoon's private life and loves during his last decade, including his affair with Maria Callas, his marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy, and his relationship with his daughter, Christina. 125,000 first printing.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, History

368 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Nina Ive · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fabulous perspective of Aristo Onassis and his life and loves, by his personal secretary. She started at 17 and for the next 9 years had a front row seat to everything going on between Aristo and his wife, his Mistress, son, daughter and sisters.

The stories of the way they lived their lives, the opulence and splendor of the mega rich, the a-list of visitors on the Christina - everyone from Winston Churchil to Frank Sinatra and everyone in between.

However the higher you are, the further you have to fall, and this family had a tragic ending. The last surviving member of the Onassis family does not speak Greek and shuns the Onassis name (apparently - source Wikipedia).

I really enjoyed this, having read a biography of Maria Callas already, it was interesting to see the relationship from the other side.

[Darla Ebert · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author had good intentions in writing such a glowing biography about the Greek tycoon and to a degree she succeeds, perhaps a little too well. Some of the disclosures were kind of sugary. There were also some moments of serious squirming for the more squeamish of readers when a little too much was revealed. With all the "participants" now deceased the author took some liberties. Still, one can tell she truly loved the family, worked with them for many years and wanted to put each family member in the best of lights.

[CeeJayBee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Utterly cloying and awful. If I could give it no stars I would. More drenched in saccharine than

[Allison Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

What interesting lives/people/tragedies

[Shelee Bush · Rating 2 out of 5]

My mother sends me stuff from California all the time, little articles, self-help books, and now this little ditty. I think the author Kiki who was Ari's personal secretary is SO fawning over the Onassis family that is never really ventures too far into anything you can sink your teeth into. It is somewhat readable but she repeats herself again and again and belabors many observations of Jackie, Christina and Maria. The prose is over dramatized and frankly, kind of boring.

[Erika Nerdypants · Rating 2 out of 5]

What can I say? Okay biography, a little outdated since it was written quite a while ago, overall not the best one I've read on the Onassis family. Still it was interesting in parts. The author got her material while working for Mr. Onassis and becoming a friend of the family, but I found accounts of her own life intrusive, particularly since I didn't much care for her.

[Ioannis Remoundos · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a chicky biography.I am nearly sure that Kili knew much more that I really wanted to read.But as we say in Greece "better to get a little bit than to get nothing at all" !I wish Kiki was a friend of mine to get to know more stuff from the ONASSIS familly.I think after reading her book I will go on holidays at her hotel at the island to know more...

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like Jackie O. I like memoirs. So of course, I liked this! [Although I cringed from time-to-time thinking that the author probably revealed more than the Onassis or Kennedy family would have liked...)

[Angela Maone]

This was actually very interesting and sad.

[Gregory Broderick · Rating 3 out of 5]

a light hearted and intimate look on how many of us learn our lessons in life in a variety of ways.

This was written with love and from the heart. That's what makes this book awesome

[Stacey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as many juicy details as you might hope, but still interesting. However, the excessive notes on what everyone weighed at any given point and time was annoying.

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Went on a bit long

[₵oincidental Ðandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat trite & a tad-bit melodramatic; it contributes nothing new or that hasn't already been stated in other sources & biographies - this one's headed for the 'give-away' pile.