The Red Leather Diary

<p><strong>A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age following your dreams and discovering (or rediscovering) who you are were and want to be. -- <em>Parade</em></strong></p><p><strong>Rescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous forgotten world of an extraordinary young woman</strong></p> <p>Opening the tarnished brass lock of a red leather diary found in the basement of a New York City apartment building <em>New York Times</em> writer Lily Koppel embarked on a journey into the past. Compelled by the hopes and heartaches captured in the pages Koppel set out to find the diary's owner a 90-year old woman named Florence. Eventually reunited with her diary Florence ventured back to the girl she once was rediscovering a lost self that burned with artistic fervor. </p><p> Joining intimate interviews with original diary entries <em>The Red Leather Diary</em> is an evocative and entrancing work that recreates the romance and glitter sophistication and promise of 1930s New York bringing to life the true story of a precocious young woman who dared to follow her dreams. </p>