The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D


The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D

The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D

Before there were blogs, there were journals. And in them we'd write as we really were, not as we wanted to appear. But there comes a day when journals outlive us. And with them, our secrets.

Summer vacation with her family was supposed to be a restorative time for Kate, who'd lost her close friend Elizabeth in a plane crash. But when she inherits a trunk of Elizabeth's journals, they reveal a woman far different than the cheerful wife and mother Kate thought she knew.

The complicated portrait of Elizabeth - her upbringing, her marriage, and journey to motherhood - makes Kate question not just their friendship, but her own deepest beliefs about loyalty and honesty at a moment of uncertainty in her own marriage. When an unfamiliar man's name appears in Elizabeth's pages, Kate realises the extent of what she didn't know about her best friend, including where she was really going when she died.

Written with grace, depth, and honesty, this is a story of two women - their friendship, their marriages, private ambitions and fears. And what they chose to keep hidden.

Nichole Bernier has written for magazines including Elle, Self, Health, Men's Journal, Child and Yankee, as well as Boston Magazine, where she was a senior editor. A fourteen-year contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveler magazine, she was previously on staff as a features writer. She is one of the founders of the literary blog Beyond the Margins, and a recipient of the literary journalism award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

The Unfinished Journals of Elizabeth D
Allen and Unwin
Author: Nichole Bernier
ISBN: 9781743311226
Price: $27.99 

 

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