The book club of the Democrats of Rossmoor will read An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin at 3:00pm in MPR 1 on Monday, April 7, 2025.
Of this book the publisher writes: “An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.
Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. In his twenties, Dick was one of the brilliant young men of John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier. In his thirties he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and was a speechwriter and close advisor to Robert Kennedy. Doris Kearns was a twenty-four-year-old graduate student when selected as a White House Fellow. She worked directly for Lyndon Johnson and later assisted on his memoir.
Over the years, with humor, anger, frustration, and in the end, a growing understanding, Dick and Doris had argued over the achievements and failings of the leaders they served and observed, debating the progress and unfinished promises of the country they both loved.”
The hardcover costs $19 from Amazon and the Kindle edition is $17. It may be available in libraries and used book stores such as Half Price Books in Concord or Berkeley.
Membership is not required to attend the book club but those interested can join at democratsofrossmoor.org.