![]() ![]() 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. (The list of committees alone that claimed Eleanor as a chair or active member could constitute an entire chapter here. Waite Associates, Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, Historic Furnishings Report, Historical Date, Volume I: Public and Private Rooms. Volume 3 of Cook's biography of Eleanor is packed with many other revealing small incidents, as well as detailed accounts of her tireless work on behalf of progressive causes. Allenwood and Madame Souvestre who was so influential, the details of Franklin's initial illness, the roles of the aunts in her life). Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, Cook-Dickerman Collection. ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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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