White Houses A Novel

I never really liked fictitious - or partly fictitious - stories about famous people, and I’m still not really into them. I am always questioning what really happened and in the end it’s not only that I am reading the book, but every Wikipedia site about everyone mentioned inside such a book, and that’s tedious. But that’s me - and hey, at least that way I found out more about Eleanor Roosevelt, and that girl rocked!!!! (So thanks wiki, but I should still read a biography - probably). That being said, back to the book itself: Amy Blooms writing style is really beautiful and lovely and just flows so well, I really enjoyed reading it - partly because I could read it even if I was half asleep. It’s written from the perspective of Hick (Lorena Hickok) - a journalist, really good friend of Eleanor, and a known lesbian – who describes her life, especially her time at the white house and the love she shares with the first Lady. So if you’re searching for some easy reading - and it doesn’t bother you, that it isn’t 100% historically correct - than that’s the book for you.