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White Houses

by Amy Bloom
A fictionalized account of the relationship of Eleanor Roosevelt and her friend Lorena Hickock. It's thought-provoking and provides a glimpse into the intriguing relationship between these two women.  White Houses By Amy Bloom- #historical-fiction, #reading, #books to read, #books

About The Author


Amy Bloom is the author of Come to Me, a National Book Award finalist; A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Love Invents Us; Normal; Away, a New York Times bestseller; Where the God of Love Hangs Out; and Lucky Us, a New York Times bestseller. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Short Stories, The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction, and many other anthologies here and abroad. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Slate, Tin House, and Salon, among other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award. She is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing at Wesleyan University. From the publisher


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