No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines—Eleanor and Franklin’s marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, and FDR’s White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

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Published Nov 5, 2013

768 pages

Average rating: 7.33

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Shants
Dec 08, 2022
7/10 stars
A great deal of detailed information which makes for a tough read but the analysis of the relationship of Franklin and Eleanor during some very difficult times for our country is worth the effort. Many topics for discussion for any book club. This is a book you have to discuss with others after reading, and the more participants in the discussion the better. Would recommend to book clubs of all kinds and interests.

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