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Bookworm: Many layers of surprise inside ‘Eleanor’
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Terri Schlichenmeyer
$35, $47.00 Canada; 698 pages
Life, as they say, is an open book. When you re born, someone else starts writing it for you, but it doesn t take long for you to be your own author. Through the years, you ll scribble ideas, compose thoughtfully, add chapters, and crumple pages. Your life s book might be a series of quick notes, long essays, one-liners or, as in “Eleanor” by David Michaelis, you could build an epic story.
In today s world, we might call Eleanor Roosevelt s mother abusive: Anna Hall Roosevelt never had a kind word to say to her daughter, often mockingly calling little Eleanor “Granny.” It s true that Eleanor wasn t lithe and beautiful like her mother; she was awkward and stern, a Daddy s girl for an often-absent, alcoholic father.