Every generation thinks they are the first ones to invent being young. We meet our parents as mature adults, overly concerned with our curfews, our…
Finally! The diaries are available! Bias aside, this is a sweet and engaging read. My editor said it best, “This unmitigated view into a young…
I am reading the proof copy of my mother’s diaries. It’s a single edition, printed for the sole purpose of editing. This is my chance…
2025 will be the year I finally see my mother’s diaries published. The following excerpt is one of my favourites, from Sunday January 3, 1937,…
For years I have had the intention to publish my mother’s diaries. That almost sounds like a really bitchy thing to do, doesn’t it? She…
One of the projects I’m currently working on is to publish my Mother’s diaries. Throughout her high school years in the 1930’s, my Mother recorded…
Cursive handwriting can be beautiful. Or it can be scrawled, messy and illegible. To my mind, it does not matter. I love to look at…