A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries Imagination & Play A New York Times Notable

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year - A Publishers Weekly and The Washington Post Best Book of the Year - A New York Magazine "Future Canon" Selection - A Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch's) Favorite Favorite Book of the Year

lies and jealously continue to tangle

this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever

Two years after an accident in Manhattan almost claimed her life

her brother's icy distance

A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries Imagination & Play A New York Times NotableA literary tour through the notable diaries of history, giving us a window into the private lives of the famous and infamous, with a new introduction by the author "Charming, diverting, and exceptionally intelligent." The New Yorker Before the age of social media, chronicling one's life was a private matter. In this literary tour through the notable diaries of history, Thomas Mallon is a witty guide to the personal journals of the famous and infamous,