Kindred Souls The Devoted Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and David Gurewitsch |
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Author:
| Gurewitsch, Edna P. |
Introduction by:
| Ward, Geoffrey C. |
ISBN: | 978-0-452-28378-7 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Plume |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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In this compelling memoir, Edna Gurewitsch illuminates the intense and complex relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and her personal physician, David Gurewitsch, and the final years of one of the twentieth century's most exceptional women. Interweaving memories and observations with many never-before-published letters between Roosevelt and David Gurewitsch, excerpts from David Gurewitsch's diaries, and unpublished photographs, Kindred Souls offers a rare and intimate look into the...
More DescriptionIn this compelling memoir, Edna Gurewitsch illuminates the intense and complex relationship between Eleanor Roosevelt and her personal physician, David Gurewitsch, and the final years of one of the twentieth century's most exceptional women. Interweaving memories and observations with many never-before-published letters between Roosevelt and David Gurewitsch, excerpts from David Gurewitsch's diaries, and unpublished photographs, Kindred Souls offers a rare and intimate look into the lives of post war America's most famous widow and the handsome European doctor eighteen years her junior. Chronicling their relationship from her unique vantage point of sharing a town house on Manhattan's Upper East Side with her husband and Roosevelt, Edna Gurewitsch gives us a vibrant portrait of our greatest First Lady in her diverse roles of mother, hostess, social activist, world diplomat, and humanitarian.