WINNER PAGETURNER AWARD BEST BOOK TO SCREENPLAY
LONGLISTED BEST BOOK HISTORICAL FICTION COMPANY
'Daisy Chain was well researched and informative and I could hear the
voice of Daisy as I was reading it.' Eimear Lawlor, author of
Dublin's Girl
'A revelation. Justine Gilbert is a master storyteller. Highly
recommended.' Historical Fiction Company 5-Star Award
'Justine Gilbert shines new light on the tender side of one of America's
legendary figures, President Franklin Roosevelt with a passionate and
illuminating retelling of a seismic era from the perspective of 'the
other woman.' Louise Dean, award-winning author and founder of The
Novelry
Spinster Daisy Suckley, a cousin of Franklin Roosevelt, was one of a
band of unconventional women close to FDR along with Frances Perkins,
the architect of social security, Eleanor Roosevelt, the fiery labour
organiser, and Missy LeHand, the supersecretary who was a political
operative in her right.
FDR gave them careers. In turn, they ensured his presidency was stronger
and bolder and more effective. But they all had their own secrets and
ways of working the system. Told through Daisy's eyes, their
friendships, animosities, affairs and political agendas shaped the
president's terms. This is their story, the women who influenced FDR, as
told by his alternative wife, Daisy.
