A review by pkadams
Lucy by Ellen Feldman

3.0

Written as historical fiction, this story tells about the love triangle of Lucy Mercer, Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor. The author emphasizes the fiction, but it draws in some cases directly from dialogue in letters, official records, and in family recollections. Lucy Mercer has always been a footnote in the stories of the Roosevelts. Although this book actually did a good job of not trying to justify nor develop anymore of a back story than had been there in the past, there really isn't enough material to sustain nor justify the concept this love was something more than a momentary affair of the heart. It was a fun read and Lucy becomes more of a personality and less of a grainy figure in photographs. Of course as the narrator she does become an unreliable source; but after all it is a work of fiction.