A review by d_iris
Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok by Lorena a. Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt

3.0

I thought this book was a fairly interesting read. A lot of the letters just catalog their days without each other, as is to be expected, but you do feel this small kind of yearning; this want to be with each other again. Nothing is overt but you can sense this kindred link between the two women. I did get the feeling that the author, Roger Streitmatter, had a small distaste for the relationship between the two. His overall writing and explanations of unclear events in the letters made it seem as if he were lacking some reverence in regards to their relationship and that bothered me a little bit. His personal bigotry and/or my interpretation of his feelings notwithstanding, it is an appealing read. Isn't it always fascinating to delve into the minds of two honest, real life people in love?