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The
Red Leather Diary by Lily Koppel
For more than half a
century, the red leather diary languished inside a steamer trunk. Rescued from a
dumpster on Manhattan's Upper West Side, it found its way to Lily Koppel, a
young writer, who opened its tarnished brass lock and journeyed into an
enthralling past. The diary painted a breathtaking portrait of a bygone New
York—of glamorous nights at El Morocco and elegant teas at Schrafft's during the
1920s and '30s—and of the headstrong, endearing teenager who filled its pages
with her hopes, heartaches, and vivid recollections. Intrigued, Koppel followed
her only clue, a frontispiece inscription, to its now ninety-year-old owner,
Florence Wolfson, and was enchanted as Florence, reunited with her diary,
rediscovered a lost younger self burning with artistic fervor.
$1.99 Originally: $9.14
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