--- product_id: 1609965 title: "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II" brand: "doris kearns goodwin" price: "25727CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1609965-no-ordinary-time-franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt-the-home-front store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II **Brand:** doris kearns goodwin **Price:** 25727CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by doris kearns goodwin - **How much does it cost?** 25727CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1609965-no-ordinary-time-franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt-the-home-front) ## Best For - doris kearns goodwin enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted doris kearns goodwin brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines—Eleanor and Franklin’s marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, and FDR’s White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Dimensions | 6.13 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | Isbn 10 | 0684804484 | | Isbn 13 | 978-0684804484 | | Item Weight | 2.23 pounds | | Language | English | | Print Length | 768 pages | | Publication Date | October 1, 1995 | | Publisher | Simon & Schuster | ## Images ![No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712nAj5FvRL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No Ordinary Historian *by on Reviewed in the United States August 24, 2013* This book is simply epic in scope and a masterpiece in style and content. It is spectacularly well researched and written with the apparent intent of reaching a very broad audience, to include not only WWII buffs but enthusiasts of American history and extraordinary biography. The depth of background research suggests that the author dedicated decades of her life to studying nothing but Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their associates and rivals. How Ms. Goodwin managed to write other superb books, make innumerable appearances in TV, and raise a family will probably continue to astound her readers for decades to come.That said, assorted winds were blowing at her back. First is the undeniably fascinating focal point of the president and first lady, the likes of which this country has not seen before or since. Far from being merely the prototypical New Dealer, Goodwin reveals FDR as the penultimate political tactician. He was a consummate master of reading the public's readiness to embrace social and political change, including the launching of New Deal programs intended to put Depression era America back to work, the transition to a war time production footing, and incremental steps toward racial equality and integration, including such nearly impenetrable bastions as the United States Navy where for decades, blacks were overwhelmingly more likely to serve as mess workers than sailors. FDR's soul mate, the irrepressible agent of social welfare, Eleanor Roosevelt, is revealed as a once the damaged product of a troubled childhood and a lifetime juggernaut, a virtually tireless advocate for the poor, women, minorities and anyone else who was otherwise disenfranchised.Perhaps above all else, including a riveting account of how the U.S. finally came to put its full might behind the war effort, "No Ordinary Time" paints an incredible complex and subtle relationship between FDR and the first lady. This was a love affair perhaps unlike any in history, mostly for the better, but at times for the worse. At their best, they were tireless advocates for the nation's and each others' needs, causes and passions. At their worst, they were a couple who largely lived apart, both physically and spiritually. Their extra-marital relationships were probably unique, not merely because they happened over a period of decades, but in their idiosyncratic nature. FDR had the equivalent of at least two full blown extramarital relationships, while Eleanor was the subject of a romantically obsessed female reporter and the fount of an obsession of her own making with a man young enough to have been her son. One is led to believe that FDR and Eleanor's combined levels of extraordinary energy and sociopolitical passion were directly fueled by their relationships with other men and women across most of their adult lives.This book is so richly detailed and nuanced that one could ignore (at their great loss) all the psychological intrigue and simply focus on the most distressing and fascinating war in history. The description of how the U.S. transitioned from an isolationist nation wishing to avoid involvement in another world war at all costs to the driver of the Allied effort is intriguing. If for no other reason, one can devour this book for its revelations over how we turned a consumer nation good at making cars, trucks, washing and sewing machines to a crushingly effective manufacturer of warplanes, tanks, ships, guns and ammunition.Read this book for the psychological, political, or economic content. You can not possibly miss out on a fantastic learning experience and yes, this truly was the Greatest Generation. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A remarkable book as much about America today as the history it spans *by on Reviewed in the United States May 18, 2018* This is a remarkable book about one of America’s most remarkable power couples during a truly remarkable period in world history. And it’s told, delightfully and effectively, largely through narrative dialogue. One can only imagine the hours of research that required; much less a level of access that few other historians could possibly command.The writing is magnificent, and somehow Goodwin manages to bring us up close and personal with the Roosevelts while simultaneously coloring in all of the contextual detail of a world at war. It is really quite fascinating to think of the sheer scale at which world leaders were forced to think at the time. The petty disputes we seem to be obsessed with today quickly recede into irrelevance by comparison.Several things struck me quite intensely. The first is the discovery of just how divided the US was on the brink of entering the war. It is easy, and perhaps tempting, to believe that our politics have never been more divided than they are today, but that is not an entirely accurate assessment.While that may or may not be reassuring to anyone, it is a source of optimism if you follow the story through. Wherever you sit on the political spectrum today, the story of Wendell Wilke’s support for conscription and for the support of Great Britain, which he had to assume would cost him the election, was truly indicative of one of those great moments in American history when a single powerful individual put the interests of his country and his conscience above his or her own.The second thing that struck me was a reminder of just how fragile history is. While we tend to look back in time through the perception that history was somehow fated, it never is. A change in direction one degree one way or the other and history would have followed a completely different path. And, more often than not, the path that it did follow was not of any one person’s design or choice.It is not, however, a path defined by sheer happenstance. One unexpected result of the book, for me, is a greater appreciation of the civic duty each of us shares. We must vote. We must speak. We must get involved. While I often feel that my own voice is lost in the sea of shouting that is political discourse today, Kearns gave me a greater appreciation of how history really works. It’s not my voice that matters. But it is my voice, in a chorus with others, which can change history. And for that awakening I am truly grateful.The great strength of democracy is that government leaders ultimately hold no power without the support of the people. But which is the chicken and which is the egg? While Roosevelt consciously waited for the support of the American citizenry before escalating the US commitment to war, it is also clear that he was very deliberately shaping that support toward his own agenda. While that deceptive use of government power may be justified by the fact that his was the just agenda, what if it wasn’t?World War II was the medium for vast social, economic, and migratory change in America. Some of it, particularly relating to the treatment of people of color and gender norms didn’t go far enough and there is much work to be done yet today.Some of it went too far. Before the war America was built on a foundation of small business. The war launched the rise of the large corporate institution and the military-industrial complex. It’s a particularly important development because of the power of the state to shape opinion and policy. He/she who controls the political process, which is clearly in the hands of the people and the institutions who control our wealth today, controls, to a large extent, public opinion. It’s not, in other words, a fair fight between opposing ideologies. The money, in this case, has the upper hand.There is little question that the dog-eat-dog, me-centric way of life we know today would have been unrecognizable, and greatly disappointing, to the Roosevelts. They spoke openly about a post-war America in which the right to make a decent living, access to health care, and the integration of the rights of labor and management, would be firmly established. It is a we-centric perspective that is foreign to the individualistic ideology of our current political leadership.It’s a long book. But it’s not repetitive. And while it felt like an accomplishment when I turned the last page, it was a feeling of great satisfaction. This is my first book by Kearns but she is truly one of the great historians and the great writers of our era.In the end, it is a period of American history that we should all study. Not just because it was an important era in history but because it has so much to teach us, both good and bad, about the America we live in today and where we should go from here. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II." The title says it all. *by on Reviewed in the United States February 28, 2015* The title is very apt. "No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Home Front in World War II."When Hitler and the Nazi war machine start to invade and occupy one European country after the next, Great Britain stands alone against the Nazi hoard. The U.S. Congress is conservative; the country is isolationist with no standing army, no navy or air force and no stomach for what is going on in Europe. Added to that a deep distrust of how the U.S, was dragged into the Great War under President WoodrowWilson. And FDR has to figure out ways to help Britain, keep the country out of the war while realizing that having the buffers of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans isn't enough given the Axis powers and the Japanese.The book proceeds chronologically. It is well researched covering not only national politics but describes in depth the "family" and personalities who lived at the White House in addition to FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt It is filled with anecdotes and facts about industries throughout the country, labor situations, racial divides, segregation, prejudice of other kinds, attitudes toward women including their place in the home, poverty, etc. And goes from chilling descriptions of the Great Depression's hold on people to the U.S.'s re-emergence as an industrial and military powerhouse.This book won Doris Kearns Goodwin the Pulitzer Prize. It came before her book on Abraham Lincoln, "Team of Rivals" which I feel is superior to "No Ordinary Time," which I read recently for the second time. On a human level, it is fascinating exploring over time manypersonalities, both public and private, revealing FDR's affair in 1918 with Lucy Mercer that almost destroyed the marriage between FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as her emergence both as a public figure in her own right and as an eye and ear for the President. I found it particularly engrossing once the American military entered the war full scale. It also is a fascinating evolving portrait of FDR himself and, to a somewhat lesser extent, Churchill. Others may find other more fascinating and compelling aspects to this story such as the tremendous emergence of women in the production of aircraft, tanks, munitions, battleships etc. or in integration of blacks and whites in the Army, Navy and Air Force.This is a page turner, an utterly engrossing book that will fill you with awe and pride in an enormous story that will remain in your memory long after you've completed reading it. It is that good.Recommended unqualifiedly. . --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1609965-no-ordinary-time-franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt-the-home-front](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/1609965-no-ordinary-time-franklin-and-eleanor-roosevelt-the-home-front) --- *Product available on Desertcart Senegal* *Store origin: SN* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*