White Houses: A Novel

White Houses: A Novel

For readers ofÂ The Paris WifeÂ andÂ The Swans of Fifth AvenueÂ comesÂ a â€œsensuous, captivating account of a forbidden affair between two womenâ€ (People)â€”Eleanor Roosevelt and â€œfirst friendâ€ Lorena Hickok.

Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Rooseveltâ€™s first presidential campaign. Having grown up worse than poor in South Dakota and reinvented herself as the most prominent woman reporter in America, â€œHick,â€ as sheâ€™s known to her friends and admirers, is not quite instantly charmed by the idealistic, patrician Eleanor. But then, as her connection with the future first lady deepens into intimacy, what begins as a powerful passion matures into a lasting love, and a life that Hick never expected to have. She moves into the White House, where her status as â€œfirst friendâ€ is an open secret, as are FDRâ€™s own lovers. After she takes a job in the Roosevelt administration, promoting and protecting both Roosevelts, she comes to know Franklin not only as a great president but as a complicated rival and an irresistible friend, capable of changing lives even after his death. Through it all, even as Hickâ€™s bond with Eleanor is tested by forces both extraordinary and common, and as she grows as a woman and a writer, she never loses sight of the love of her life.Â

From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattanâ€™s Washington Square, Amy Bloomâ€™s new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.

Praise forÂ White Houses

â€œAmy Bloom brings an untold slice of history so dazzlingly and devastatingly to life, it took my breath away.â€â€”Paula McLain, author ofÂ The Paris Wife

â€œVivid and tender . . . Bloomâ€”interweaving fact and fancyâ€”lavishes attention on [Hickok], bringing Hick, the novelâ€™s narrator and true subject, to radiant life.â€â€”O: The Oprah Magazine

â€œRadiant . . . an indelible love story, one propelled not by unlined youth and beauty but by the kind of soul-mate connection even distance, age, and impossible circumstances couldnâ€™t dim . . . Bloomâ€™s goal is less to relitigate history than to portray the blandly sexless figurehead of First Lady as something the job rarely allows those women to beâ€”a loving, breathing human being. And she does it brilliantly.â€â€”Entertainment Weekly
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-02-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812995664

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2018-02-13
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812995664

White Houses: A Novel

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