Coming of Age in the 1950s

Coming of Age in the 1950s includes 64 illustrated short stories sprung from the pages of the author's diaries which she has kept since she was 10 years old. Most of the stories are based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania but the last few feature Los Angeles California. The stories incorporate historical facts and sociological commentary on such subjects as apartments cars clothes college dorm life dating death friendship high school illness junior high meals modeling marriage Miss America music newspapers part-time jobs pets religion shopping snow sororities teachers television and travel.