![]() ![]() The result is a tale which is large in scope while also offering an achingly intimate portrait of a love affair cruelly shaken by extraordinary circumstances. ![]() Edgar Hoover sought to persecute “subversive” behaviour and specifically kept a large file on Eleanor who was a famed liberal and civil rights activist. ![]() This was also a time in LGBT history when FBI Director J. At the same time she portrays the seat of government throughout crucial years of US history when FDR led the country through The Depression and the Second World War. In Bloom’s novel, Lorena and Eleanor’s enduring love for each other is unequivocal and she frequently takes the reader into their bedroom – not in a gratuitous way, but to show the transformative effect and power of the intense love they shared. The enormous affection between these two women is well documented but historians still disagree about whether their relationship was physical or not. She also shared a strong relationship with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Amy Bloom writes from the perspective of Lorena Hickock who was a journalist and author of the early-mid 20th century. This is also a novel with searing political insight that offers an alternative view of history. “White Houses” must be one of the most touchingly romantic stories I’ve read in a long time. ![]()
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