The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal

Lily Koppel, a journalist for The New York Times, found the diary in a discarded steamer trunk during the cleanup of an old Manhattan apartment building. The diary belonged to Florence Wolfson, who chronicled her life from 1929 to 1934, during her late teens and early twenties. Florence, a cultured and intelligent young woman, wrote about her experiences with love, art, literature, and self-discovery in 1930s New York. A rare book 📖