Tuesday, October 6th, 2015, 7:00 PM
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
Ms. Franks will be in Boston for a reading and book signing at Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446
Directions to Brookline Booksmith are available HERE.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015, 7:00 PM Books-A-Million Washington, DC Area 1451 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA Ms. Franks and Mr. Morgenthau will be in the Washington, DC area, appearing together for a reading and book signing at Books-A-Million, 1451 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, VA Directions to Books-A-Million, McLean, VA are available HERE. Share the news… Continue Reading
One of the most intense and spiritual events in our lives together was was when Bob and I climbed Mount Sinai in Egypt. As we prepare for the jeep trip deep into the Sinai desert, I get emotional thinking that we will soon see the burning bush where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. How… Continue Reading
As Farrar Straus & Giroux releases the paperback of ‘Timeless’ in stores today, I feel extremely humble. Not everyone gets their hardback made into paper and I am very lucky. But there is a rather sad finality to it. It is as though I’ve had an abnormally long pregnancy and finally given birth to the… Continue Reading
In the first year of our marriage, I wanted to be wherever Bob was, so I accompanied him to every political event. They were, at first, horrifying. The hall smells of perspiration and male pheromones . . . dark suits scatter like ants, foraging alone. Bob comes in, and they devour him. Invisible hands… Continue Reading
BOB: What do you want for your birthday? LUCINDA: I don’t know BOB: Jewelry? LUCINDA: You’ve given me so much jewelry, sweetheart. BOB: A blouse? LUCINDA: I have enough of those. BOB: A computer thing? LUCINDA: TMT, honey, (too much technology!) BOB: You must want something…? LUCINDA: Just a card would be fine, sweetheart.… Continue Reading
We were in the elevator when Bob leaned over and unexpectedly kissed me on the lips. “I think the book has made us closer,” he said. “It’s been a springboard that’s brought us back to the beginning, when we first fell in love.” This was the beginning of a short but startling observation. After three… Continue Reading
How hazardous it is to write about someone you love. In ‘Timeless,’ I was determined to create an honest picture of Bob Morgenthau, but I also had an interest in keeping our marriage intact. Therefore, I insisted he read every draft of my memoir, even though I had kept journals of our 38 years together.… Continue Reading
As Father’s Day draws near, I think of how my father and my husband are alike. Here is a passage from my new book, Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me: “I believe that love is no accident, no whisper from a random universe. It comes from deeper channels of longing and recognition: a collection of tiny lights… Continue Reading
Eleanor Roosevelt and Elinor Morgenthau, wife of FDR’s Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr., were fast friends and that was partly due to the similarity of their natures. They were women of their time and had iron fists inside velvet gloves. While with their famous husbands, they stepped back to let them take center stage, but… Continue Reading