The Roosevelts: A Family in Turmoil
All the dirt that's left to print. Eleanor and Hicky (""that is, I never saw them in bed together""). FDR and Lucy, Missy, Martha, et al. (It wasn't true ""that he could no longer perform."") Eleanor... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0137830432
ISBN13:9780137830435
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:Prentice Hall Direct
Length:284 Pages
Weight:1.58 lbs.
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My-oh-my those Roosevelts
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
A FAMILY IN TURMOIL is a first-person memoir of the Franklin Roosevelt White House written by former White House maid Lillian Rogers Parks, who also wrote BACKSTAIRS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Although Parks' admiration of the Roosevelt clan is apparent, she minces no words as she recalls servants' hall gossip about the exploits of the Roosevelt family during their lengthy tenure as the First Family of the United States. The emotional distance between FDR and Eleanor, the "special" friends of both (Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, Missy LeHand, Lorena Hickok), and the escapades and multiple marriages of the Roosevelt offspring are recalled and aired in this breezy account. I'm not sure that I'd base a term paper on the accuracy and historical tenacity of this book, but, as far as "kiss and tell" biographies go, this is a good one.
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