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"A...serious problem is the trivialization of the Roosevelts. Eleanor, the earnest do-gooder with no capacity for happiness, is kept offstage much of the time, only to be summoned now and then so that Lucy can patronize her. Franklin...is someone who could once have been found at the bar in almost any country club in America: the hearty fellow who finishes his anecdotes with a gusty laugh....In purely fictional terms, however, Lucy Mercer Rutherford is a wonderful creation...."Feldman, Ellen is the author of 'Lucy A Novel' with ISBN 9780393325102 and ISBN 0393325105.
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