Once upon a secret my affair with president john f kennedy and its aftermath 1 new york times bestseller o with the benefit of hindsight and good old fashioned maturity mimi alford writes. Once upon a secret my affair with president john f kennedy and its aftermath once upon a secret mimi alford random house jan 1 2013 biography autobiography 213 pages 11 reviews 1. This item once upon a secret my affair with president john f kennedy and its aftermath by mimi alford paperback 1700 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom. Praise for once upon a secret my affair with president john f kennedy and its aftermath with the benefit of hindsight and good old fashioned maturity mimi alford writes not just about the secret but the corrosive effect of keeping that secret . Her book is titled once upon a secret my affair with president john f kennedy and its aftermath marion mimi alford born may 7 1943 is an american woman who wrote a book first published in 2011 about her affair 50 years earlier with the united states president john f kennedy when she was a 19 year old intern working in the white house