The Diaries of Nella Last by Patricia Malcolmson
'I can never understand how the scribbles of such an ordinary person... can possibly have value.' So wrote Nella Last in her diary on 2 September 1949. This is a collected edition of bestselling author Nella Last's diaries, including substantial material from the war years.
A fantastic story -- Victoria Wood
My gut feeling is that Nella will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth-century English diarists-- David Kynaston, author of 'Austerity Britain'
Whatever her mood, Nella Last has the quality shared by all great diarists: of making her readers feel that however vast the differences between her life and ours, they are easily outweighed by the shared experiences of love and loss, disappointment and hope, that she describes with such artless humanity. * Daily Mail *
I relished it ... her personality is so powerful. -- Margaret Forster
An excellent correlative to the mantra "everyone has a novel in them". Some people are natural diarists and Nella is one of the best . . . She also used literary language in an entirely naturalistic way. -- Lesley McDowell * Sunday Herald *
An epic journal . . . What brings her diaries to life is their unpretentious freshness and honesty. -- Michael Kerrigan * Scotsman *
My gut feeling is that Nella will come to be seen as one of the major twentieth-century English diarists-- David Kynaston, author of 'Austerity Britain'
Whatever her mood, Nella Last has the quality shared by all great diarists: of making her readers feel that however vast the differences between her life and ours, they are easily outweighed by the shared experiences of love and loss, disappointment and hope, that she describes with such artless humanity. * Daily Mail *
I relished it ... her personality is so powerful. -- Margaret Forster
An excellent correlative to the mantra "everyone has a novel in them". Some people are natural diarists and Nella is one of the best . . . She also used literary language in an entirely naturalistic way. -- Lesley McDowell * Sunday Herald *
An epic journal . . . What brings her diaries to life is their unpretentious freshness and honesty. -- Michael Kerrigan * Scotsman *
Patricia and Robert Malcolmson are social historians with a special interest in Mass Observation. They have edited several MO Diaries, including Nella Last's Peace and Nella Last in the 1950s. They live in Nelson, British Columbia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846685460 |
| ISBN 10 | 184668546X |
| Title | The Diaries of Nella Last |
| Author | Patricia Malcolmson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-09-27 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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