Edith’s Diary | Edith’s Diary

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Author: Patricia Highsmith
First Published: 1977
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Psychological realism
Time of Work: 1955-1975
Setting: Brunswick Corner, Pennsylvania
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Journalism or journalists, Mothers, Parents and children, Mental illness, Reality, Divorce, Fantasy, Imagination, Cruelty, Hallucinations or illusions
Locales: Brunswick Corner, PA

Edith Howland, the protagonist. As the novel opens, Edith moves with her husband, Brett, and their ten- year-old son, Cliffie, from New York City to Brunswick Corner, Pennsylvania. She and Brett open the Brunswick Corner Bugle, a local newspaper that fails shortly afterward. After Cliffie is grown, but while he is still living at home, Brett divorces Edith to marry Carol Junkin, his secretary. Edith and her friend Gert Johnson revive the Bugle. Edith also writes left-wing articles and fantasy short stories. Edith takes up sculpture and...

Edith’s Diary | Edith’s Diary

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