What’s it like to grow up in the shadow of such famous parents, or for that matter, grandparents? Do we care?
Curtis Roosevelt’s new book is titled, “Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor.”
According to USA Today: “Curtis Roosevelt, oldest grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, tells what life was like when he and his sister — known as "Sistie and Buzzy" to the press — spent more than a decade of their formative years in the spotlight with their famous grandparents, at the White House and at the Roosevelt family home at Hyde Park.”
Publishers Weekly states: “Along with relaying a rich and fascinating cornucopia of anecdotes involving family life, Curtis devotes thoughtful discussion to the complex subject of reflected fame and its impact on young people growing up as the scions of celebrity. No one alive today knew Franklin and Eleanor quite as well as Curtis, their eldest grandson, and his sister. Thus this splendid, intimate memoir represents an
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