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Eleanor Roosevelt's Life of Soul Searching and Self-Discovery
by
Ann Atkins (Goodreads Author)
Transforming the power in Eleanor's story to your story starts now. Whatever the scale of your rendezvous with destiny, the fact remains it is up to you to live it. Eleanor's story is a do-it-yourself guide that shows us how to accomplish many things. From a childhood plagued with drunks and drama queens, Eleanor must now discard her dependency on Franklin and face off wit...more
Paperback, 169 pages
Published
October 1st 2011
by Flash History Press
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I've always been interested in learning more about Eleanor... but w/ a busy life the more lengthy small print biographies would take me months...and actually are more details than I am interested in too... This one hit the spot! A quick read. It easily held my attention & was also very inspiring.
It has a good pace & style which does feel more like a novel than a biography. You can personally connect w/ Eleanor. I learned a great deal about her & that period of history. There are also...more
It has a good pace & style which does feel more like a novel than a biography. You can personally connect w/ Eleanor. I learned a great deal about her & that period of history. There are also...more
Eleanor Roosevelt's Life of Soul Searching and Self Discovery: From Depression and Betrayal to "First Lady of the World" by Ann Atkins is a brief biography of the first lady aimed at the young adults (YA) crowd or adults that just want a 'beach read' style biography — authentic but all the academics. The book is a first in a series called “Flash History”.
The book starts by describing Eleanor’s tribulations during her upbringing and leads into her courtship with future presiden...more
The book starts by describing Eleanor’s tribulations during her upbringing and leads into her courtship with future presiden...more
You all know by now that I'm a history fan. Fictional or non-fictional, I love it all! I know a lot of people aren't so much into non-fiction history books. A lot of the typical criticisms are they're too long or too dry. This book seeks to change all that. Atkins does a great job of making history super accessible in this slim book. She hits all the highlights and seeks to put Roosevelt's life in context for those who may not be familiar with her story.
This book would be very well received by y...more
This book would be very well received by y...more
Ann Atkins follows Eleanor Roosevelt’s life from early childhood through her death, depicting how her childhood issues influenced her adult life and how she overcame the tragedies in the following chapters:
A Bitter Beginning
Awakening
Political, Public and Personal Storms
Life After Death
In this first book in the Flash History series, Ann’s statement: “Today’s readers don’t want the drone of academic details,” which certainly applied to me when I was in history class some years back. It bored m...more
A Bitter Beginning
Awakening
Political, Public and Personal Storms
Life After Death
In this first book in the Flash History series, Ann’s statement: “Today’s readers don’t want the drone of academic details,” which certainly applied to me when I was in history class some years back. It bored m...more
Eleanor Roosevelt's Life of Soul Searching and Self Discovery: From Depression and Betrayal to "First Lady of the World" by Ann Atkins is actually a brief look at Eleanor Roosevelt's life and how a child from a famous but floundering family can overcome countless obstacles to become a renown world leader.
Atkins' biography, from a infant series entitled "Flash History", has a lot of promise. Although this is the first, the author is planning a second written about the infamous Golda Meir. At firs...more
Atkins' biography, from a infant series entitled "Flash History", has a lot of promise. Although this is the first, the author is planning a second written about the infamous Golda Meir. At firs...more
The life of Eleanor Roosevelt was one like any other, it had its ups and downs. Honestly, until I read this biography, I was completely unaware of everything that she did to aid in efforts for the rights of so many groups of people. To be even more honest, I slept through almost all of my highschool history classes so I didn't know much about her at all. I really liked that parts of her biography were told more in a story format that was easier to read and kept me wanting to know more. I was mov...more
Just in time for Eleanor’s birthday on October 11. :)
A childhood of neglect and a feeling of inadequacy is how Eleanor Roosevelt grew up.
Her marriage to her fifth cousin was no better for her self-esteem....Franklin Delanor Roosevelt was a womanizer with a mother who had control over him and also Eleanor. Eleanor was a woman of the era in which she lived, and she live it well and the way a woman was expected to live even at her expense. She was a powerful woman despite the way she had to live,...more
A childhood of neglect and a feeling of inadequacy is how Eleanor Roosevelt grew up.
Her marriage to her fifth cousin was no better for her self-esteem....Franklin Delanor Roosevelt was a womanizer with a mother who had control over him and also Eleanor. Eleanor was a woman of the era in which she lived, and she live it well and the way a woman was expected to live even at her expense. She was a powerful woman despite the way she had to live,...more
I didn't have high expectations since it was only $0.99 for my Kindle, but it is a quick read and is a fascinating account of Eleanor's life. I would definitely recommend it for anyone that wants to learn more about this fascinating woman and how the political and social world she lived in shaped who she was.
While the author is obviously a big fan of Eleanor, I really enjoyed reading about her from childhood to death. This book also makes me want to read more about Eleanor including her autobiography. I do recall a biography I read about Eleanor; it had the subtitle as something like the woman who really ran the country.
This is a very short biography, not a long and drawn out 500 page thing. It tells the need to know information about Eleanor. By need to know, I mean:
Where she came from: A very dysfunctional family. Her father was a womanizer and a suicidal alcoholic. Her mother felt that she was ugly and did not make a secret of it. Imagine growing up in that environment.
For full review, please click the link below:
http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com/2011/...
Where she came from: A very dysfunctional family. Her father was a womanizer and a suicidal alcoholic. Her mother felt that she was ugly and did not make a secret of it. Imagine growing up in that environment.
For full review, please click the link below:
http://wwwbookbabe.blogspot.com/2011/...
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I really enjoyed this book! I knew very little about Eleanor but this book is a great introduction - what a fascinating woman! i intend to read more about her and her life.
This is a very short biography. Nice and obviously the author is a staunch supporter of Eleanor, but it was just short and I feel that it had to leave out a lot of information. It felt like a Cliff Notes version.
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