Revelations: Diaries of Women by Mary Jane Moffat
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is an interesting collection of excerpt from womens' diaries. Thye go from known memoirists, like Anne Frank and Anais Nin to one, at least to me, lesser known: Henry James sister and the sister of William Wordsworth, for instance. The introductor, explanatory material is minimal but helpful. Overall, the women are left to speak for themselves, and whether it is the rigors of war (American Civl War and WWII) or finding a place to part a broken-down caravan or (in the case of a memorable "Unknown Japanese Woman) make an arranged marriage work despite frequent miscarraiges, the women do that very well.
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