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For readers of The Paris Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue comes a "sensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two women" (People)-Eleanor Roosevelt and "first friend" Lorena Hickok.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Financial Times • New York Public Library • Refinery29 • Real Simple
Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as "first friend" is an open secret, as are FDR's own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she comes to know Franklin not only as a great president but as a complicated rival and an irresistible friend, capable of changing lives even after his death. Through it all, even as Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.
From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.
Praise for White Houses
"Amy Bloom brings an untold slice of history so dazzlingly and devastatingly to life, it took my breath away."-Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
"Vivid and tender . . . Bloom-interweaving fact and fancy-lavishes attention on [Hickok], bringing Hick, the novel's narrator and true subject, to radiant life."-O: The Oprah Magazine
"Radiant . . . an indelible love story, one propelled not by unlined youth and beauty but by the kind of soul-mate connection even distance, age, and impossible circumstances couldn't dim . . . Bloom's goal is less to relitigate history than to portray the blandly sexless figurehead of First Lady as something the job rarely allows those women to be-a loving, breathing human being. And she does it brilliantly."-Entertainment Weekly
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Financial Times • New York Public Library • Refinery29 • Real Simple
Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt's first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, "Hick," as she's known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as "first friend" is an open secret, as are FDR's own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she comes to know Franklin not only as a great president but as a complicated rival and an irresistible friend, capable of changing lives even after his death. Through it all, even as Hick's bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.
From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.
Praise for White Houses
"Amy Bloom brings an untold slice of history so dazzlingly and devastatingly to life, it took my breath away."-Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife
"Vivid and tender . . . Bloom-interweaving fact and fancy-lavishes attention on [Hickok], bringing Hick, the novel's narrator and true subject, to radiant life."-O: The Oprah Magazine
"Radiant . . . an indelible love story, one propelled not by unlined youth and beauty but by the kind of soul-mate connection even distance, age, and impossible circumstances couldn't dim . . . Bloom's goal is less to relitigate history than to portray the blandly sexless figurehead of First Lady as something the job rarely allows those women to be-a loving, breathing human being. And she does it brilliantly."-Entertainment Weekly
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Friendship, or was it more?
Milli aus Wien am 21.04.2019
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
I never really liked fictitious - or partly fictitious - stories about famous people, and I’m still not really into them. I am always questioning what really happened and in the end it’s not only that I am reading the book, but every Wikipedia site about everyone mentioned inside such a book, and that’s tedious. But that’s me - and hey, at least that way I found out more about Eleanor Roosevelt, and that girl rocked!!!! (So thanks wiki, but I should still read a biography - probably).
That being said, back to the book itself: Amy Blooms writing style is really beautiful and lovely and just flows so well, I really enjoyed reading it - partly because I could read it even if I was half asleep.
It’s written from the perspective of Hick (Lorena Hickok) - a journalist, really good friend of Eleanor, and a known lesbian – who describes her life, especially her time at the white house and the love she shares with the first Lady.
So if you’re searching for some easy reading - and it doesn’t bother you, that it isn’t 100% historically correct - than that’s the book for you.
Beautiful book
Bewertung aus Berlin am 18.03.2021
Bewertet: Buch (Taschenbuch)
I bought this book not sure what to expect, as I knew very little about the era/characters. However, I fell in love with the book. I found it compelling, delicately written and deeply moving. A love story written for the real world, featuring some of the most famous people in 20th century history.