Becoming Madam Secretary

ISBN: 0593437055

Author: Dray, Stephanie

Condition: New

She took on titans, battled generals, and changed the world as we know itNew York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins.Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestors, Frances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the century, armed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference.When shes not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hells Kitchen, Frances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Village, befriending an eclectic group of politicians, artists, and activists, including the millionaire socialite Mary Harriman Rumsey, the flirtatious budding author Sinclair Lewis, and the brilliant but troubled reformer Paul Wilson, with whom she falls deeply in love.But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a tea dance, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. She thinks hes a rich, arrogant dilettante who gets by on a handsome face and a famous name. He thinks shes a priggish bluestocking and insufferable do-gooder. Neither knows it yet, but over the next twenty years, they will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House.Frances is destined to rise in a political world dominated by men, facing down the Great Depression as FDRs most trusted lieutenant-even as she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage and motherhood. And when vicious political attacks mount and personal tragedies threaten to derail her ambitions, she must decide what shes willing to do-and what shes willing to sacrifice-to save a nation.