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Diary Of An Ordinary Woman
Diary Of An Ordinary Woman | Margaret Forster
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Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. From bohemian London to Rome in the 1920s her story moves on to social work and the build-up to another war, in which she drives ambulances through the bombed streets of London. Here is twentieth-century woman in close-up coping with the tragedies and upheavals of women's lives from WWI to Greenham Common and beyond. A triumph of resolution and evocation, this is a beautifully observed story of an ordinary woman's life - a narrative where every word rings true.
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Particularly interesting to be reading this at this time and in light of COVID-19. So many parallels between today and the events surrounding both world wars. The true contemporary aspect of these diaries and the lack of self consciousness that comes from not expecting to have a reader is fascinating. Perhaps her story was ordinary for the times, but it feels extraordinary now. I wonder if that's how others will read our diaries in the future.