To audible editors: surely you realize that "story" is an inappropriate term in nonfiction. I heartily recommend this book, but not this recording and not this abridgment. I haven't quite finished it, but she left out Louie Howe coaching her to speak in public too. These are critical to understanding ER, more critical than all the detail of her political life. Allenwood and Madame Souvestre who was so influential, the details of Franklin's initial illness, the roles of the aunts in her life). The time sequence isn't clear ( she missed when FDR ran for VP) and really important parts of ER's life are given short shrift (eg. I have read thie 2 volumes of this book and liked it so much I suggested it for a bookgroup (vol I only) so I'm listening to this abridged version to refresh my memory. Praise for The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume 1: 'After 1945, with over 50 million dead, and the world riven by terror and suffering, Eleanor Roosevelt was in the leadership of those who wanted World War II to be 'the last civil war to tear humanity apart.'. Cook reads way too fast-it's too fast when I crank it down to half time-and her voIce is grating. This landmark biography provides a compelling new evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in. It's the rare author who is even a passable reader of his or her own work and even those who do a good job (like Barbara Kingsolver ) fall short of a professional reader. It's read too fast and it's a confusing abridgment
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