White Houses by Amy Bloom

White Houses by Amy Bloom

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Summary

Hidden love in the White House in 1930s and 1940s America, from a master storyteller at the height of her powers.

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White Houses by Amy Bloom

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 to the centre of privilege and power. Filled with fascinating back-room politics, the secrets and scandals of the era, and exploring the potency of enduring love, it is an imaginative tour-de-force from a writer of extraordinary and exuberant talent.
Amy Bloom is the author of three collections of short stories, Where the God of Love Hangs Out (Granta, 2010), Come to Me and A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, also published in one volume Rowing to Eden(Granta, 2015), a collection of essays, Normal, and three novels, Lucky Us (Granta, 2014), Away (Granta, 2007),and Love Invents Us. She is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing at Wesleyan University.
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ISBN 13 9781783781744
ISBN 10 1783781742
Title White Houses
Author Amy Bloom
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2019-03-07
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.