True Friendship Has No Color
I am FINALLY FINISHED reading MRS. LINCOLN AND MRS KECKLY by Jennifer Fleischner. What a book about the separate lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth (Lizzy) Hobbs Keckly (Keckley) who became unexpected friends during the Civil War and Lincoln administration years and ended up falling out after the publication of Keckly's BEHIND THE SCENES memoir which made Mary Lincoln look assed out as a presidential widow who had to pay off mounting debts by selling her clothes and other items in New York. Good stuff! I just could not get into Elizabeth's personality despite her contributions to African-American and American histories which have not been discussed on a wide level until the LINCOLN biopic. Jennifer Fleischner did a brilliant job giving the reader social, cultural, and political backdrops in telling the different yet common stories of Mary and Elizabeth. The book made me realize how true friendship has NO color!