I would very much appreciate a response to my suggestions about a new book just published, written by Joan Wehlen Morrison as a teenager in high school in the years just as WWII was beginning…… She was so extraordinarily aware and comprehending at such as early age, I recommended her book to you for those reasons….. plus her very mature observations of the events leading up to WWII!! Do, please, let me know if you are aware of what I sent to you, and if not…. we can go from there.

Hopefully, Beverly Smith

May I point out to you a young person’s book recently published, which is an extraordinary diary of a young teenager in Chicago at beginning of World War II….. and her exquisuite and exceptionaly clear observations, along with the wonderful teen-age interweavings.

The Author is: Joan Wehlen Morrison Book Title is: “HOME FRONT GIRL: Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America” (Joan was a professional writer who has written for NY Times, top magazines, etc., and I should 2 published books: “AMERICAN MOSAIC” and “FROM CAMELOT TO KENT STATE”) But this book, discovered after her death, is her diary of the years between the beginning of World War 2 and her observations, which are quite extraordinary for her age, not to mention the usual girl stuff. It is such an exquisite book, I am on my third reading, as one tends to forget this is a teenager writing, even when seeing the silly girlie stuff!!! I do hope you will take a look at her book, and possibly consider it to be shown on this site.

Hopefully, A Grateful Reader, Beverly Smith (in Arizona()