Publisher Description
The central volume in the definitive biography of America’s most important First Lady. “Engrossing” (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts’ greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband’s policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women’s rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.
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“Cook’s subtle analyses…are bracingly intelligent, her evocation of a remarkable personality rivetingly vivid. Eleanor emerges as neither the liberals’ saint nor the conservatives’ Satan but an entirely human bundle of contradictions: warmhearted, yet ice cold when hurt; happiest in the public arena, yet needing the comfort of private relationships.”
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