Mina Kosec
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Susan Wittig Albert:
Are there any discrepancies between historical facts and your book Loving Eleanor?
Susan Wittig Albert
Oops--thought I answered this yesterday, Mina. Guess I didn't save it correctly. Trying again!
To my knowledge, there are no discrepancies between the historical record and my novel. However, I have often filled in the gaps in the historical record, expanding and enlarging the story. As I've done this, I've tried to be very sure that my expansions are in line with what history tells us.
Blanche Wiesen Cook has reviewed LOVING ELEANOR. Here's what she has to say on this question: "Susan Wittig Albert’s Loving Eleanor is a vivid 'fictional interpretation,' written from Hick’s perspective as her relationship with ER unfolded and endured. Albert’s novel, which is rooted in the women’s correspondence, is so skillfully told that I found her “enhancements” believable and profoundly moving. For example, there’s the mystery of Earl Miller’s lost papers. Miller was ER’s bodyguard and possibly her lover; we know that ER and Miller wrote to each other regularly, much as Hick and ER did. Lash revealed that the letters mysteriously disappeared. Why and how? Read this book: Albert has a theory."
You can read Cook's review here: https://www.wcwonline.org/Women-s-Rev...
To my knowledge, there are no discrepancies between the historical record and my novel. However, I have often filled in the gaps in the historical record, expanding and enlarging the story. As I've done this, I've tried to be very sure that my expansions are in line with what history tells us.
Blanche Wiesen Cook has reviewed LOVING ELEANOR. Here's what she has to say on this question: "Susan Wittig Albert’s Loving Eleanor is a vivid 'fictional interpretation,' written from Hick’s perspective as her relationship with ER unfolded and endured. Albert’s novel, which is rooted in the women’s correspondence, is so skillfully told that I found her “enhancements” believable and profoundly moving. For example, there’s the mystery of Earl Miller’s lost papers. Miller was ER’s bodyguard and possibly her lover; we know that ER and Miller wrote to each other regularly, much as Hick and ER did. Lash revealed that the letters mysteriously disappeared. Why and how? Read this book: Albert has a theory."
You can read Cook's review here: https://www.wcwonline.org/Women-s-Rev...
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Susan Pola Staples
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Susan Wittig Albert:
I've always found Mrs Roosevelt to be a fascinating person. She was more socially aware than Franklin and more liberal than him as well. I am looking forward to reading your book. I know very little about Ms Hickok and will want to read the Blanche Cook book. What do you believe were the motivating forces behind both remarkable women?
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