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“A beautiful book—beautiful in its scholarship, insight, objectivity and candor…immense subtlety, sensibility and honesty.” (Arthur Schlesinger)
“An exceptionally candid, exhaustive . . . heartrending book.” (The New Yorker)
“The intimate chronicle of a woman and a marriage. . . . Here is one of the great and moving stories of our time—a masterpiece of vivid evocation and sympathetic understanding.” (New York Times)
“Wholly absorbing and richly documented.” (Marya Mannes - The Atlantic)
“So engrossing and complex that it reads like a work of fiction.” (Jean Stafford - Vogue)
“An exceptionally candid, exhaustive . . . heartrending book.” (The New Yorker)
“The intimate chronicle of a woman and a marriage. . . . Here is one of the great and moving stories of our time—a masterpiece of vivid evocation and sympathetic understanding.” (New York Times)
“Wholly absorbing and richly documented.” (Marya Mannes - The Atlantic)
“So engrossing and complex that it reads like a work of fiction.” (Jean Stafford - Vogue)
About the Author
Joseph P. Lash (1909–1987) was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of numerous acclaimed books.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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on July 31, 2005
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This is not a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt so much as an examination of her life with Franklin. Some of this story is heartbreaking, and one can only come away from this book blown away with wonder.
The story stops with Franklin's death and its immediate aftermath. Since this moment also brings to Eleanor a bitter reaffirmation of Franklin's infidelity, it is very sad. And yet, who can stay upset for long with FDR, who sacrificed himself in the causes in which both he and Eleanor most fervently believed.
The most interesting sections of the book to me related to the various campaigns and especially the historic third- and fourth-term campaigns. The 1940 election exposes the fragility of the presumably monolithic New Deal Coalition.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a great politician. For many years an anti-suffragette, she evolved into one of the great pillars of the New Deal and one of the great architects of the post-WWII order through her role in the founding of the United Nations (a subject beyond the scope of this book).
This is biography at its best.
The story stops with Franklin's death and its immediate aftermath. Since this moment also brings to Eleanor a bitter reaffirmation of Franklin's infidelity, it is very sad. And yet, who can stay upset for long with FDR, who sacrificed himself in the causes in which both he and Eleanor most fervently believed.
The most interesting sections of the book to me related to the various campaigns and especially the historic third- and fourth-term campaigns. The 1940 election exposes the fragility of the presumably monolithic New Deal Coalition.
Eleanor Roosevelt was a great politician. For many years an anti-suffragette, she evolved into one of the great pillars of the New Deal and one of the great architects of the post-WWII order through her role in the founding of the United Nations (a subject beyond the scope of this book).
This is biography at its best.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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J. Rosenberg
on June 8, 2002
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I almost never read anything that can be even mildly construed as having to do with politics. I picked this up because I was going on a trip and it was long - 930 pages to be exact. I assumed it would be about Eleanor and her relationship with Franklin, not about him, and I was right. I really enjoyed reading about her childhood and young aduldhood. I never realized what an amazing person she was and how much she had to overcome.
Yes, there were chapters in this book that I read with a somewhat dazed attention as they included far too many details about far too many people whom I had never heard of. But even in those chapters, Eleanor's light kept me reading.
Highly recommended for its revelation of an extremely important American woman.
Yes, there were chapters in this book that I read with a somewhat dazed attention as they included far too many details about far too many people whom I had never heard of. But even in those chapters, Eleanor's light kept me reading.
Highly recommended for its revelation of an extremely important American woman.
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on June 11, 2009
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I loved this book. The story is incredible and will make you very patriotic. After this read, I felt compelled to participate in my country's political process and volunteered in the 2008 presidential race (won't say which candidate).
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