Just started for my KUYH/Run challenge. Slow start.

Sounds like a book for everyone who has had mean parents, and believe me there are plenty

Sonia wrote: "Sounds like a book for everyone who has had mean parents, and believe me there are plenty"
I think it was surprising behavior for the time/place/era. Stereotypically, those in the upper crust of society (though this family wasn't really rich-rich, just inherently well off, with little cash flow and no sense of money management), it was perceived that most parents were doting and loving of their children. Emotional and physical abuse stories were never aired in public or even lawful back then. Yes, all families have issues and skeletons in their closets. However, it never phased me that given Ms. Roosevelt's status in history during my time/era, that she had a difficult upbringing. One never knows what goes on behind a home's closed doors!

Yes, we really do not know what goes on behind closed doors.