Reviews
"Her diary, a notch better than history, is life-a minute, intimate, hilarious self-portrait. . . . [She is] irritable, querulous, censorious, self-centered, and idle, but not bad-hearted."- New Yorker, "Her diary, a notch better than history, is life-a minute, intimate, hilarious self-portrait. . . . [She is] irritable, querulous, censorious, self-centered, and idle, but not bad-hearted."-New Yorker, "Her diary, a notch better than history, is life-a minute, intimate, hilarious self-portrait. . . . [She is irritable, querulous, censorious, self-centered, and idle, but not bad-hearted."- New Yorker, "Her comments on friend and foe alike are frequently caustic and often biased, but she emerges from the pages of the diary as a very definite personality."-Library Journal, ""Her diary, a notch better than history, is life--a minute, intimate, hilarious self-portrait. . . . [She is] irritable, querulous, censorious, self-centered, and idle, but not bad-hearted."-- New Yorker ""Her comments on friend and foe alike are frequently caustic and often biased, but she emerges from the pages of the diary as a very definite personality.""-- Library Journal ""An amusing and valuable social document.""-- Booklist, "Her comments on friend and foe alike are frequently caustic and often biased, but she emerges from the pages of the diary as a very definite personality."- Library Journal
