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Eleanor roosevelt volume 17/7/2023 ![]() ![]() To audible editors: surely you realize that "story" is an inappropriate term in nonfiction. I heartily recommend this book, but not this recording and not this abridgment. ![]() I haven't quite finished it, but she left out Louie Howe coaching her to speak in public too. These are critical to understanding ER, more critical than all the detail of her political life. This landmark biography provides a compelling new evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in. ![]() Allenwood and Madame Souvestre who was so influential, the details of Franklin's initial illness, the roles of the aunts in her life). The time sequence isn't clear ( she missed when FDR ran for VP) and really important parts of ER's life are given short shrift (eg. I have read thie 2 volumes of this book and liked it so much I suggested it for a bookgroup (vol I only) so I'm listening to this abridged version to refresh my memory. Cook reads way too fast-it's too fast when I crank it down to half time-and her voIce is grating. I, 1884-1933 by Blanche Wiesen Cook RELEASE DATE: ApFrom Cook (History/John Jay The Declassified Eisenhower, 1981, etc.)the first volume of a massive biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, which, in seeking redress for its subject, is flawed by its own (feminist) biases. It's the rare author who is even a passable reader of his or her own work and even those who do a good job (like Barbara Kingsolver ) fall short of a professional reader. It's read too fast and it's a confusing abridgment ![]()
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