This was a hard book to locate. It cost around $100 to buy it, and I went to 3 libraries before I was able to read a copy. It is Eleanor Roosevelt's autobiography, written at age 40. Here are my disjointed thoughts:

(1) One has to give a large leeway when reading this book. Mrs. Roosevelt was very candid for the time (1930's), although some of her large confessions are not even an afterthought in today's world. There was such a large melting pot of immigrants, so diversity was everywhere. However, there were several passages of casual racism, which were cringe worthy and uncomfortable to read.

(2) Her wealth was immense and very un-relatable. Raising children without nurses, maids, cooks, governesses, doctors, drivers, boarding schools and a domineering mother-in-law? How did she possibly manage!

(3) She underwent a huge personal evolution of a woman's place in the world. Starting from a position that the woman is subservient to a man in every aspect of life, to being able to form her own opinions and eventually make her own political speeches.

(4) Her book stops at the beginning of the most important era of her life! So it's nice to know that you can still accomplish great things after the age of 40.

Now I'll have to read a biography to get the full story....