Kindred Souls The Devoted Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. David Gurewitsch

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never-before-published letters between Roosevelt and David Gurewitsch, excerpts from David Gurewitsch's diaries, and unpublished photographs, Kindred Souls offers a rare and intimate look into the lives of post war America's most famous widow and the handsome European doctor eighteen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.Gurewitsch, Edna P. is the author of 'Kindred Souls The Devoted Friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Dr. David Gurewitsch' with ISBN 9780452283787 and ISBN 0452283787.