White Houses by Amy Bloom

Lorena Hickok was everything to Eleanor Roosevelt but the world wasn't ready for that kind of love and devotion so outside of the White House theirs was a good friendship. This is an in-depth look at what their relationship with all the stumbling blocks might have been like. Lorena was kept down in her career as a talented reporter because she refused to report on the inner workings of the Roosevelt White House. She was indispensable to both Eleanor and Franklin and more importantly kept all the secrets of their unusual marriage secret. It is a look at a life so secret, so politically upsetting and private that we can't imagine it being allowed to remain a secret today. An intimate look at a love affair we knew nothing about forced to remain behind closed doors even after leaving the White House.