‘White Houses demonstrates that real people are far more fascinating than icons.  But in the hands of a master storyteller, the combination is dazzling’
Lionel Shriver

‘Irresistibly readable, fascinating material—Amy Bloom has written a remarkably intimate and yet informative novel of the (secret/scandalous) love of Eleanor Roosevelt and her longtime friend and companion Lorena Hickok, who relates the tale in her own, quite wonderful voice’
Joyce Carol Oates

‘Amy Bloom illuminates one of the most intriguing relationships in history with her graceful prose and sensitive portrayals in White Houses.  Her Lorena Hickok is entirely sympathetic and often quite funny, yet ultimately she is a woman who found love with another lost soul, Eleanor Roosevelt.  And love is what this book is all about; it suffuses every page, every scene so that by the time you reach the end, you are simply stunned by the beauty of the world these two carved out for themselves’ 
Melanie Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue

‘What a novel… A joy to read’
Roddy Doyle