Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert
Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert
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Loving Eleanor

Author: Susan Wittig Albert

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/22/2016


Synopsis

When AP political reporter Lorena Hickok—Hick—is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 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 3,300 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 revealed as 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. Loving Eleanor is a profoundly moving novel that illuminates a relationship we are seldom privileged to see, celebrating the depth and durability of women's love.

About Susan Wittig Albert

Susan Wittig Albert is the New York Times bestselling author of A Wilder Rose, about Rose Wilder Lane and the writing of the Little House books. Her award-winning fiction also includes mysteries in the China Bayles series, the Darling Dahlias, the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, and a series of Victorian-Edwardian mysteries she has written with her husband, Bill Albert, under the pseudonym of Robin Paige. She is founder and current president of the Story Circle Network and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on September 30, 2017

Lorena "Hick" Hickok is assigned to cover Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1932 political campaign. This is the start of a love story that would last for years, despite long periods of separation and the fact that Eleanor Roosevelt was to become The First Lady of United States. But, this love story could no......more

Goodreads review by PattyMacDotComma on April 29, 2023

5★ “My dear, if you meet me may I forget there are other reporters present or must I behave? I shall want to hug you to death. I can hardly wait! A world of love to you and good night and God bless you, light of my life. —Eleanor Roosevelt to Lorena Hickok, March 9, 1933” Imagine . . . without Lorena......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on November 18, 2018

This book introduced me to Ms. Lorena Hickok, gave me an idea of all that Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt had accomplished, and other important people who shaped their lives and who made them into the people they were. They are definitely two fascinating women who made the most of their lives ev......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 09, 2016

This book is excellent on so many levels! As fiction, it enchants, as reporter Lorena Hickock meets, loves, and mentors Eleanor Roosevelt, whose aversion to being a public persona is transformed - to the benefit of the United States, but not always those who love her. How much time and energy can on......more

Goodreads review by Debra on January 10, 2016

Received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Loving Eleanor started really slow for me...as in I felt like I was reading information off Wikipedia. I had my doubts and at times in the first 20 pages or so, I thought of putting this book down. Then I found my stride, if you will. Or perh......more