By Lily Koppel

For more than a half century, the red leather diary lay silent, languishing inside a steamer trunk in storage at a New York City apartment building. Recovered by writer Lily Koppel, the journal paints a vivid picture of 1930s New York and embarks on a journey to find the diary's owner.

Evocative and entrancing, The Red Leather Diary re-creates 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.

"Skillful reporting, fine prose and [an] excellent eye for period detail. . . . A story about not one but two lovable characters-and the city that brought them together."
--New York Times Book Review

Hardcover.

Published by Harper Collins.