Kelly O'Connor McNees

"In 1932, New York City, top reporter Lorena "Hick" Hickok starts each day with a front page byline -- and finishes it swigging bourbon and planning her next big scoop. But an assignment to cover FDR's campaign -- and write a feature on his wife, Eleanor -- turns Hick's hard-won independent life on its ear. Soon her work, and the secret entanglement with the new first lady, will take her from New York and Washington to Scotts Run, West Virginia, where...

In 1932, New York City, top reporter Lorena "Hick" Hickok starts each day with a front page byline-and finishes it swigging bourbon and planning her next big scoop. But an assignment to cover FDR's campaign-and write a feature on his wife, Eleanor-turns Hick's hard-won independent life on its ear. Soon her work, and the secret entanglement with the new first lady, will take her from New York and Washington to Scotts Run, West Virginia, where impoverished...