Release date: 8th February 2013
Published by: Chicago Review Press
ISBN No: 978 1613744574
For ages 12 years and over. Kept from the early 1930s through the mid-1940s by a
young Chicagoan, this diary provides a fascinating, detailed record of the life
of an astute and witty teenage girl during the Great Depression and the lead-up
to World War II. The only daughter of a working-class Swedish immigrant and his
wife, this everyday girl describes her life growing up in the city -- from
pining for handsome boys in ROTC uniforms and bus trips between the Art
Institute and her home, to her love of Lake Michigan and, later, her campus life
at the University of Chicago. Along the way she ruminates about the daily
headlines and major touchstones of the era: the Lindbergh kidnapping, FDR on the
radio, Goodbye Mr Chips and Citizen Kane, Garbo, Churchill, Hitler, war work,
and Red Cross meetings. Poems, doodles, and drawings of the latest dress,
outfit, or haircut accompany the entries. The diary is an entertaining and
delightful read as well as a vivid account of a real American girl's lived
experiences.
Copyright: The Book Depository Synopsis
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