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Title: Where is Edith? Where is Bamie?
Review: Mr. Morris totally dismisses two of TR's lifelong most trusted advisors, his wife Edith and his older sister Bamie. We get two pages on Edith and a few scattered mentions of Bamie and his younger sister Corinne. Despite the fact that Alice was rarely on good terms with her father before her White House marriage, we see more photos and read more of Alice (who TR referred to as his "liability daughter" and his other daughter Ethel as his "asset daughter") than we do his beloved partner and wife Edith. Perhaps Edith will receive better treatment in Morris's upcoming third and concluding tome on TR's life and careers.TR did not live through eight years in the White House in a vacuum from his wife, sisters, and "other" children. Yet, one would never know this from reading "Theodore Rex". If you want to learn more about how his family influenced him and was affected by his decisions and mood swings, read Kathleen Dalton's recently published "A Strenous Life".
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