Closest companion
Subtitle: the unknown story of the intimate friendship between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley
By: edited and annotated by Geoffrey C. Ward.
Contributors: Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.; Suckley, Margaret, 1891-1991.; Ward, Geoffrey C.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 444
Subjects: Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 -- Correspondence; Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 -- Friends and associates; Suckley, Margaret, 1891-1991 -- Correspondence; Suckley, Margaret, 1891-1991 -- Diaries; Presidents -- United States -- Correspondence
Description: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's marriage was famously difficult, and it is widely known that FDR enjoyed the company of women. But this remarkable book reveals a secret that has been carefully guarded for more than half a century: Roosevelt's closest companion during the last years of his life was his sixth cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley.

Astonishingly, the secret of this intimate relationship remained hidden until after Daisy's death in 1991, when her friends found a battered black suitcase under her bed. Stuffed inside were years of diaries and letters, including thirty-eight letters in FDR's own hand that no one had ever seen. As affecting as it is eye-opening, Closest Companion provides dramatic new insight into the character and private life of the century's greatest president.
Notes: Includes index.