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''No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II'' is a 1994 historical, biographical book by American author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin published by
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster LLC (, ) is an American publishing house owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts since 2023. It was founded in New York City in 1924, by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. Along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group US ...
. Based on interviews with 86 people who knew them personally, the book chronicles the lives of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...
and First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( ; October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D ...
, focusing particularly on the period between May 10, 1940 (the end of the so-called " Phoney War" stage of
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
) 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 in hopes of unifying the, at the time, divided Democratic party. ''No Ordinary Time'' was awarded the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for History. Alan J. Pakula 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