Title A life discarded : 148 diaries found in the trash / Alexander Masters

Edition First American edition Published New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016 ©2016

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Description 258 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm Summary "An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"-- Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Francis, Laura -- Diaries Diarists -- Great Britain. Women -- Great Britain -- Biography. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056953 -- Anecdotes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001294 Genre/Form Reading nook. Diaries. Biographies. Anecdotes. LC no. 2016027560 ISBN 9780374178185

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