Join us to discuss the novel “White Houses” by Amy Bloom. This fictional history follows real-life journalist Lorena Hickok as she meets Eleanor Roosevelt while covering Franklin Roosevelt's campaign, and develops an intimate relationship with the future first lady, placing her in a complicated rivalry with FDR that, over time, turns into friendship. Adults.
Join us to discuss “White Houses” by Amy Bloom. This fictional history follows real-life journalist Lorena Hickok, who grew up poor, but through grit and determination became one of the nation’s most prominent woman reporters. In 1932, she meets Eleanor Roosevelt during Franklin Roosevelt’s first run for the presidency. In the years to follow, “Hick” develops a connection with the first lady that turns into intimacy, placing her in a complicated rivalry with FDR that, over time, turns into friendship.
Adults.