White Houses - Couverture souple

Bloom, Amy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1783781726 ISBN 13 : 9781783781720

Editeur : Granta Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“A remarkably 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.”—Joyce Carol Oates
 
“Amy Bloom illuminates one of the most intriguing relationships in history. Lorena Hickok is a woman who found love with another lost soul, Eleanor Roosevelt. 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, author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue
 
“It seems a minor miracle, what Amy Bloom has done in White Houses. In Lorena Hickok’s unforgettable voice, she brings an untold slice of history so dazzlingly and devastatingly to life, it took my breath away. 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, author of The Paris Wife

Présentation de l'éditeur

?In 1933, President Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt took up residence in the White House. With them went the celebrated journalist Lorena Hickok ― Hick to friends ― a straight-talking reporter from South Dakota, whose passionate relationship with the idealistic, patrician First Lady would shape the rest of their lives. Told by the indomitable Hick, White Houses is the story of Eleanor and Hick's hidden love, and of Hick's unlikely journey from her dirt-poor childhood, abusive father and stint in the circus to the centre of privilege and power. Party to all the secrets of the White House, tested by political events and personal struggles, she never loses sight of her true allegiance. Filled with fascinating back-room politics and the secrets and scandals of the era, and exploring the potency of enduring love, White Houses is an imaginative tour de force from a writer of extraordinary and exuberant talent.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Granta Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1783781726
• ISBN 13: 9781783781720
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240