The extraordinary journals of Pratt, who started a journal aged 15 in 1925, and kept writing until just a few days before her death in 1986: the result was over 1 million words in 45 exercise books. With opinions on everything from romance to work, this is a unique account of one woman's journey through the twentieth century. With an introduction by Simon Garfield The extraordinary journals chronicling one ordinary woman's life: a fascinating slice of British social history edited and introduced by Simon Garfield
