Ebook {Epub PDF} White Houses by Amy Bloom

 · In Amy Bloom’s new novel White Houses, journalist and “First Friend” Lorena Hickok chronicles the vagaries of her love affair with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Bloom developed the book’s premise after coming upon a huge cache of letters written between the two women; judging from descriptions of their content, these letters seem to affirm the romantic and physical nature of the two . White Houses is a fictional account of relationships and events that happened from the s to the '60s. Did any historical information in the book interest or surprise you? Did you know anything about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, or FDR's affairs before reading the book? From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity. "Amy Bloom knows the urgency of love," wrote The Washington Post about Bloom's acclaimed bestseller Away.

White Houses by Amy Bloom review - inside FDR's inner circle. Real-life aide Lorena Hickok's companionship with Eleanor Roosevelt, and the president's womanising, are vividly captured in. White Houses, by seeing the Roosevelt era through the most unlikely of outsiders-turned-insider, brings a hidden chapter of East Wing history to life." —The Boston Globe. "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. From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan's Washington Square, Amy Bloom's new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.

WHITE HOUSES. by Amy Bloom ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 13, From the prolific Bloom, whose novels and short stories have often explored the complexity of sexuality and gender (Lucky Us, , etc.), a bio-fiction about the romance between Eleanor Roosevelt and journalist Lorena Hickok told from Hickok’s perspective. White Houses. by Amy Bloom. X. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: First Published: Feb , pages Paperback: Oct , pages Genres. Rate this book. Amy Bloom has captured the essence of Hickok’s and Eleanor’s love story. From the Governor’s mansion to the White House, we learn a great deal about Eleanor, but sometimes more about FDR. This is a book that gives us the real deal about the man, his needy children, and those who surround the President and First Lady.