No Ordinary Time

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Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic examines the complex partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during the pivotal years of the Great Depression and World War II. Goodwin masterfully weaves together the intimate details of their marriage with the high-stakes atmosphere of the Roosevelt White House.

This portrait captures Eleanor’s transformative role as First Lady and FDR’s leadership on the world stage, illustrating how their unique collaboration steered the nation through global conflict and midwifed the birth of modern America.