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Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume II, The Defining Years, 1933-1938 Audiobook
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The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.
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“Cook’s subtle analyses…are bracingly intelligent, her evocation of a remarkable personality rivetingly vivid. Eleanor emerges as neither the liberals’ saint nor the conservatives’ Satan but an entirely human bundle of contradictions: warmhearted, yet ice cold when hurt; happiest in the public arena, yet needing the comfort of private relationships.”
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“Reading holds a strong, but unrushed pace that keeps the listener engaged. Her expressive, controlled style avoids sensationalizing the more intense segments regarding Roosevelt’s personal relationships. She guides the listener through the great wealth of detail without losing sight of the larger themes. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“Cook gets at the tender, sprightly creature behind the starchy, strident image.”
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“Irresistibly readable…Cook’s portrait of a woman in the thick of things during the hardest of times will stand as definitive.”
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“Engrossing.”
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“ER went to Washington with doubts and concerns: Would she be able to play a role in the critical issues that had given her life meaning, or would she be forced to serve simply as hostess and housekeeper?…Full of fascinating details.”
— Booklist
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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A New York Times Bestseller
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About Blanche Wiesen Cook
Blanche Wiesen Cook is distinguished professor of history at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of the three-volume biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as well as Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution and The Declassified Eisenhower and is a former vice-president for research at the American Historical Association.
About Kate Reading
Kate Reading, named an AudioFile Golden Voice, has recorded hundreds of audiobooks across many genres, over a thirty–year plus career and won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. Among other awards, she has been recognized as an AudioFile Magazine Voice of the Century, Narrator of the Year, Best Voice in Science Fiction and Fantasy, and winner of an Publisher’s Weekly’s Listen-Up Award. She records at her home studio, Madison Productions, Inc., in Maryland.