Eleanor Roosevelt was an interesting woman who lived in an interesting time. She lived through two world wars, the Great Depression and various other things.
I liked her writing style, but I can tell this is three books together. When I got to the last section, it didn't mesh with the rest of it as well. The first part of the book went through her life as a young person and her life in the White House. After that, the tone changed, but I was still invested.
Then the writing became more political than autobiographical. The whole rest of the book seemed to be comparisons and ranting about Communism and democracy, Russia and the United States. She was involved with some campaigns, and she talked about how those weren't as democratic as they could be.
Some of this resonates today, but I picked up the book to read about her life. I was okay with it for a while, but then it got somewhat repetitive and dry. Overall, it's a tale of two (three) books. The interesting part and the overly political part. She still seems like an interesting woman, and it would have been interesting to visit Hyde Park for tea and lunch. I'll give it 3.5 stars.
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