''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II'' is a historical, biographical book by American author and presidential historian

Doris Kearns Goodwin Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943) is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of several U.S. presidents, including ''Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream ...

published by

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publi ...

in 1994. Based on interviews with 86 people who knew them personally, the book chronicles the lives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt () (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's four ...

, focusing particularly on the period between May 10, 1940 (the end of the so-called "

Phoney War The Phoney War (french: Drôle de guerre; german: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germa ...

" stage of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

) and President Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945. The title is taken from the speech Eleanor Roosevelt gave at the

1940 Democratic National Convention The 1940 Democratic National Convention was held at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois from July 15 to July 18, 1940. The convention resulted in the nomination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term. Secretary o ...

in hopes of unifying the, at the time, divided Democratic party. ''No Ordinary Time'' was awarded the 1995

Pulitzer Prize for History The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...

Alan J. Pakula Alan Jay Pakula (; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture for ''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Moc ...

was working on a screenplay based upon the book at the time of his death in 1998.

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Review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, September 19, 1994''Booknotes'' interview with Goodwin on ''No Ordinary Time'', January 1, 1995.
1995 non-fiction books 20th-century history books Books by Doris Kearns Goodwin History books about the United States Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt United States home front during World War II Simon & Schuster books {{US-poli-bio-book-stub