This book has excerpts and a synopses from Ms. Roosevelt's earlier work; This is My Story, and continues where said book left off; through Mr. Roosevelt's presidency, their years in the White House, her role as his eyes and ears when he couldn't travel due to illness, her leadership in the development of the United Nations Dclaration of Human Rights Bill, up through her personal and political life in the early 1960's. While one gains insight into the development of Ms. Roosevelt's beliefs and persona in the first half of the book, the reader gains much more knowledge into her ideas towards politics, foreign affairs, human rights and the activist she later becomes. She was a true leader and developer of of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, creating change locally in the USA, as well as world wide. She became a skilled negotiator and mediator and activist for women rights and civil rights. I found the second half of the book much more fascinating, particularly when she is on her own, after the death of her husband. She kept herself close to her convictions and didn't hide away in her cottage. Rather she effected true change for the benefit of all by being involved in the UN and her political groups. The reading is a bit slow for the most part, not a real page-turner. Nonetheless, she was quite a remarkable woman and led quite a remarkable life!