Eleanor

by Rhoda Lerman

SHe is Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ROosevelt and, in the summer of 1918, she is alone in her rented Washington her husband has gone off to tour the battlefields of Europe, her children to make a battlefield of Hyde Park. For the First time in thirteen years of marriage, she is alone and free. Not for the first time, she is afraid. She is thirty-three and she knows she knows what she is but not what she can become.

Genres: Fiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

Reviews

[Tara Chevrestt]

This got intimate with my floor real fast. I have never seen so many bloody commas in my life. Hello, editor? DNF.

[Lisa Muller · Rating 4 out of 5]

If I was not already familiar with Eleanor Roosevelt and her life, I would have been very confused at times. This is a stream-of-consciousness novel covering the years from 1918-1921. I bought this book at a performance of this novelist's play about ER (Eleanor: Her Secret Journey). It was a wonderful one-woman show starring Edith Stapleton. It was a wonderful play! So moving that I burst into tears at the end. I did love the book, but only because I was somewhat familiar with ER's life. It was definitely a different perspective than most biographies of her.

This book is also marketed as Eleanor: Her Secret Journey.

[Susan Albert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eleanor Roosevelt in 1918-1919, the year she discovered FDR's affair with Lucy Mercer. Moving, lyrical, studded with intimacies and period detail that pulled me into the time, place, person of Eleanor. Written with help from people who knew Eleanor, still alive at the time of writing (late 1970s): Esther Lape, Mayris Cheney, Marion Dickerman, former staff of the Hyde Park estate, and Curtis Roosevelt. More about Lerman: http://rhodalerman.com/

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating look into the life of a strong woman who not only held her own in the public eye but held the world's respect.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very fascinating look into the mind of Eleanor Roosevelt. Very much enjoyed reading about the culture and politics.