The Small Details of Life: Twenty Diaries by Women in Canada, 1830-1996

by Kathryn Carter

'I could scarcely hold myself together. I thought I must give way to my grief, so I hurried out, but when I got home and alone, I could just fall down and cry, I tried to pray but Oh I couldn't contain myself.' - Caroline Alice Porter, September 3rd, 1922, after the deaths of her youngest daughter, Jennie, and husband James within a single week in 1922.

This rich anthology presents twenty diary excerpts written between 1830 and 1996,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802081592
• ISBN13: 9780802081599
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"