When AP
political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in
the 1932 presidential campaign, the two women become deeply involved. Their
relationship begins with mutual romantic passion, matures through stormy
periods of enforced separation and competing interests, and warms into an
enduring, encompassing friendship documented by 3300 letters.
Set during
the chaotic years of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World
War, Loving Eleanor reveals Eleanor Roosevelt as a complex, contradictory, and
entirely human woman who is pulled in many directions by her obligations to her
husband and family and her role as the nation’s First Lady. Hick is an
accomplished journalist, who, at the pinnacle of her career, gives it all up
for the woman she loves. Then, as Eleanor is transformed into Eleanor
Everywhere, First Lady of the World, Hick must create her own independent,
productive life.
My thoughts:
I have to
say I am selective in what I read about political figures or their families.
Often times I find them to be completely one-sided or bias. When I came across
this story, I became intrigued with the premise and not having read historical
fiction before on Eleanor Roosevelt, I decided to take the chance…
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