Becoming Madam Secretary

She took on titans,battled generalsand changed the world as we know it… New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Dray returns with a captivating and dramatic novel about an American heroine Frances Perkins. Raised on tales of her revolutionary ancestorsFrances Perkins arrives in New York City at the turn of the centuryarmed with her trusty parasol and an unyielding determination to make a difference. When she’s not working with children in the crowded tenements in Hell’s KitchenFrances throws herself into the social scene in Greenwich Villagebefriending an eclectic group of politiciansartistsand activistsincluding the millionaire socialite Mary Harriman Rumseythe flirtatious budding author Sinclair Lewisand the brilliant but troubled reformer Paul Wilsonwith whom she falls deeply in love. But when Frances meets a young lawyer named Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a tea dancesparks fly in all the wrong directions. She thinks he’s a richarrogant dilettante who gets by on a handsome face and a famous name. He thinks she’s a priggish bluestocking and insufferable do-gooder. Neither knows it yetbut over the next twenty yearsthey will form a historic partnership that will carry them both to the White House. Frances is destined to rise in a political world dominated by menfacing down the Great Depression as FDR’s most trusted lieutenant—even as she struggles to balance the demands of a public career with marriage and motherhood. And when vicious political attacks mount and personal tragedies threaten to derail her ambitionsshe must decide what she’s willing to do—and what she’s willing to sacrifice—to save a nation.