Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

By Blanche Wiesen Cook
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“Reading holds a strong, but unrushed pace that keeps the listener engaged. Her expressive, controlled style avoids sensationalizing the more intense segments regarding Roosevelt’s personal relationships. She guides the listener through the great wealth of detail without losing sight of the larger themes. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

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A New York Times Bestseller

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.