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The universe is good to me as long as I put in some effort. Today I remembered to order my #presidentialbookswap book and thought... I will wait.. I don't know if I should make a package or ship it direct from Amazon, bc it's so late in the game.. I believe the universe has answered. Thank you @Amiable for the goodies and the books. You made my day!! I am on a mission now to get my book out and surprise my secret swapper. 🥳🎉

I loved this look at the fascinating marriage and partnership of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. The only part that didn't move along quickly was the very beginning, and after that I could hardly put it down. Crammed full of fascinating tidbits taken from a variety of primary sources, this did a remarkable job of zooming in on a particular recollection, then zooming out to see the whole picture. I look forward to reading more by Hazel Rowley.

Just needed to share that FDR was a babe in 1920.

"As it turned out, 1924 was not a good time to run for the presidency as a Democrat. The United States was entering a period of economic boom."

Little did they know what was coming just a few short years later...

"... her father, Warren Delano, had made his fortune from the opium trade..."

Man, we had fancy ways of saying drug dealer back then, didn't we? ?

Ha!! ??

As Alice put it: "My father... lived up to his reputation of bring the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral and hogged the limelight unashamedly."

Giving this one another go. I started it a few years ago and only got about 20 pages in before I got distracted. Also shown- a bookmark from my favorite ever bookstore- Northshire, in Manchester, VT. 💜💜