Roosevelt and the women around him

Author: Zhu Lei
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: This book describes the daily life of the brilliant leader of the United States, Roosevelt, who was elected president for four consecutive terms. It also explores the marriage crisis of Roosevelt and Eleanor from their love and marriage to raising five children. Through this, readers can experience the joys and sorrows of this unique couple and their special family. The contradictions between emotions and beliefs, the compromises between power and marriage, Eleanor Roosevelt's transformation from wife to a political partner and assistant to her husband, yet no longer able to rely on any closeness after betraying her feelings. Eleanor, the wife, excludes and envies the initial "third party," yet tolerates and accepts another female secretary staying close to her husband and becoming a part of the family. Roosevelt, exhausted and overwhelmed with work, finally collapses on the eve of the victory in World War II, and his final moments lie by the side of Lucy, the woman he had been devoted to his entire life.