![]() "A remarkable intimate and yet informative novel of the secret, scandalous love of Eleanor Roosevelt and her longtime friend and companion Lorena Hickok, who relates the tale in her own, quite wonderful voice. Easily, the most intimate, crackling, and expansive rendering of Eleanor Roosevelt in print, and, more than this, a dizzyingly beautiful tale of what it means to be human, and what it is to love." - Paula McLain In Lorena Hickok’s unforgettable voice, she brings an untold slice of history so dazzlingly and devastatingly to life, it took my breath away. About the author (2018) Amy Bloom is the author of three collections of short stories, Where the God of Love Hangs Out (Granta, 2010), Come to Me and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, also published in one volume Rowing to Eden (Granta, 2015), a collection of essays, Normal, and three novels, Lucky Us (Granta, 2014), Away ( Granta, 2007. "It seems a minor miracle, what Amy Bloom has done in White Houses. And love is what this book is all about: It suffuses every page, so that by the time you reach the end, you are simply stunned by the beauty of the world these two carved out for themselves." - Melanie Benjamin Amy Bloom is the author of three collections of short stories, Where the God of Love Hangs Out (Granta, 2010). ![]() ![]() Lorena Hickok is a woman who found love with another lost soul, Eleanor Roosevelt. ![]() "Amy Bloom illuminates one of the most intriguing relationships in history. ![]()
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