The Red Leather Diary

The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal is a non-fiction book by Lily Koppel about a discarded 75-year-old diary, rescued from a dumpster, based on Koppel's 2006 New York Times^[1] City section cover story. The diary was kept from 1929 to 1934 by a young Manhattanite with literary and artistic aspirations. With the help of a private investigator, Koppel found the diarist, 90-year-old Florence Wolfson Howitt.

External links

• The Red Leather Diary Official Website
• Lily Koppel's Blog

Links to Reviews

• The New York Times Article: "Speak, Memory" by Lily Koppel
• The New York Times Audio Slide Show: "Speak, Memory" with Lily Koppel and Florence Wolfson Howitt
• The New York Times Book Review
• Chicago Tribune Book Review
• Glamour Magazine
• Parade
• Ladies Home Journal
• The New York Post
• USA Today Book Buzz
• AM New York
• Bookpage
• The Forward
• The Richmond Times Dispatch
• Baltimore City Paper

References

1. Koppel, Lily. "Speak, Memory." The New York Times. July 16, 2006.

• Kopppel, Lily, The Red Leather Diary, New York, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-125677-6.

1. Koppel, Lily. "Speak, Memory." The New York Times. July 16, 2006.