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Eleanor

by Rhoda Lerman (1979)

About this book

In the summer of 1918, thirty-three-year-old Eleanor Roosevelt discovers a packet of love letters in her husband's chiffonier at her rented Washington home. Franklin is touring the recent battlefields of Europe and the children are staying at Hyde Park. How Eleanor changes over the course of the summer will become legendary, as she knows what she is but not what she can become.

Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreEleanor Lead Character

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