A review by leasummer
Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship Based on Eleanor Roosevelt's Private Papers by Joseph P. Lash

4.0

Having read a lot of books on ER it's hard to rate them because so much is just a repeat of what's already known. This is a skimmed over view of her life (which seems crazy for how long it is) from family history to the death of FDR. It's a bit strange because there's a lot of R family set up info and then nothing about ER post FDR. I know the author had a personal relationship with ER but this lacks any emotion or intimate details - which closely reflects ERs own memoirs. Also because of the author's affections for ER, it's mostly all positive. You're getting the neat and tidy, nothing deep, just what happened (or what we want you to see) version and it's not even a complete look at that. It's a good book if you want to read everything written by or about ER, or just want an emotion free overview.