No Ordinary Time

Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prizewinning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II.With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story linesEleanor and Franklins marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanors life as First Lady, and FDRs White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.