The Eleanor Roosevelt Girls

by Bonnie Charles Bluh

From Bonnie Bluh comes the story of Julia and Mallory, two friends from Sunnyside Queens. When they are twelve they form a club called the Eleanor Roosevelt Girls. Its members are neighborhood girls, Catholics and Jews. In weekly meetings they share their dreams and hopes for the futures. They grow up. Julia and Mallory head for Manhattan and the glittering worlds of literature and fashion. Other members go off in different directions. Then, something unexpected happens that changes their lives, forcing them into a series of dangerous and heroic acts. A novel of courage and friendship spanning over a half century of changing times.

225 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Mahala]

This book is written so sloppily that it's difficult to navigate. I get that a writer has their "craft", but reading dialogue that's written without quotation marks is really annoying. And would it hurt to put some periods in those run-on sentences? I've taught elementary students who can write better than this! And there's about 5 too many main characters. They're really hard to keep straight, especially when half the time you can't tell who is saying what! Boo.

[Betsy · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a mess. Poorly written and even more poorly edited. The dialogue was clumsy, unnecessarily aggressive and incredibly anachronistic. Not one of the numerous characters came across as "real" to me. Angry, pointless feminism at its worst. I can't believe I wasted this much thought even complaining about this book.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

mindless... sort of feminist. sort of good