John and Jackie

NEW BOOK SET IN OLD CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD

When sixteen-year-old Ellie Manikowski stood in Chicago’s Division strada, via subway station waiting for a train downtown, she studied a billboard of Jackie Kennedy on the wall—coral lipstick, eyebrows impeccably tweezed, and an ivory outfit tailored from expensive wool that didn’t itch. In that gritty underground, Ellie recognized the First Lady’s elegance and saw possibilities for her own future.

Then Ellie looked down at her own worn winter giacca and scarf pilled with little yarn balls that looked like cooked tapioca. At that moment she knew than...