Edith's Diary A Virago Modern Classic

Edith Howland's diary provides a reflective interlude in her busy day. This chilling character study charts a diary gone wrong: as Edith's life turns sour, her diary entries only grow brighter. While her life plunges into chaos - her husband abandons her for a younger woman, leaving her with their delinquent son and his senile uncle - a tale of success and happiness blooms in her notebook. 'Edith's fall takes the form of a psychological chiller, but there is also something larger, the poignancy of her struggle not to go under. She is betrayed by such ordinary dreams' New York Times.