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This captivating diary of the years leading into World War II provides a fresh view of the American scene, before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor. --Donald A. Ritchie, author, Doing Oral History An important and refreshingly engaging word painting of a far more innocent time in U.S. history. Home Front Girl is all about the thrill of being young, of questioning, and dreaming . . . and how those dreams can so easily begin to shatter under the crush of impending world events. The perspective here could not be more pure. Recommended! --Graham Salisbury, author, Under the Blood-Red Sun and Eyes of the Emperor A Chicago teenager's journal-riveting and real-recalls an era when adolescence was a preparation for adult life. --Richard Peck, author, Fair Weather A fine, insightful and sometimes moving journal composed by a wholly likable young woman--better than fiction. --Kirkus Reviews Home Front Girl reveals the perceptions of a creative, brilliant, and hopeful yet genuine teenage girl in an uncertain and perilous era. Joan's charm, naivete, curiosity, and philosophies (reminiscent of Anne Frank) revealed in her journals left me with the hope that such depth of thought, creativity, sweetness, and forgiveness--as well as her sense of wonder--may still be found in today's generation of young people. --Joan Hiatt Harlow, author, Star in the Storm Her sensitivity to and exuberance about events large and small is contagious, though her poetic tendencies are tempered by her doubts, intellect, sarcasm, and savvy. Witnessing Morrison mature as a woman and a writer is invigorating and memorable. -- PublishersWeekly.com [The book] provides a window into the 1940s, a time so different than today, technologically, but strikingly similar as well. . . . An excellent [way to] . . . understand what the average citizen was experiencing while war unfolded. --VOYA These diaries are a treasure on a scale with Anne Frank's. They tell the remarkable story of a real girl in a momentous time in history, from a unique viewpoint full of humor, insight, and emotional highs and lows on both a personal and an international level. --BlogCritics

[The book] provides a window into the 1940s, a time so different than today, technologically, but strikingly similar as well. . . . An excellent [way to] . . . understand what the average citizen was experiencing while war unfolded. --VOYA A fine, insightful and sometimes moving journal composed by a wholly likable young woman--better than fiction. --Kirkus Reviews These diaries are a treasure on a scale with Anne Frank's. They tell the remarkable story of a real girl in a momentous time in history, from a unique viewpoint full of humor, insight, and emotional highs and lows on both a personal and an international level. --BlogCritics Her sensitivity to and exuberance about events large and small is contagious, though her poetic tendencies are tempered by her doubts, intellect, sarcasm, and savvy. Witnessing Morrison mature as a woman and a writer is invigorating and memorable. -- PublishersWeekly.com A Chicago teenager's journal-riveting and real-recalls an era when adolescence was a preparation for adult life. --Richard Peck, author, Fair Weather Home Front Girl reveals the perceptions of a creative, brilliant, and hopeful yet genuine teenage girl in an uncertain and perilous era. Joan's charm, naivete, curiosity, and philosophies (reminiscent of Anne Frank) revealed in her journals left me with the hope that such depth of thought, creativity, sweetness, and forgiveness--as well as her sense of wonder--may still be found in today's generation of young people. --Joan Hiatt Harlow, author, Star in the Storm This captivating diary of the years leading into World War II provides a fresh view of the American scene, before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor. --Donald A. Ritchie, author, Doing Oral History An important and refreshingly engaging word painting of a far more innocent time in U.S. history. Home Front Girl is all about the thrill of being young, of questioning, and dreaming . . . and how those dreams can so easily begin to shatter under the crush of impending world events. The perspective here could not be more pure. Recommended! --Graham Salisbury, author, Under the Blood-Red Sun and Eyes of the Emperor

Home Front Girl reveals the perceptions of a creative, brilliant, and hopeful yet genuine teenage girl in an uncertain and perilous era. Joan's charm, naivet�, curiosity, and philosophies (reminiscent of Anne Frank) revealed in her journals left me with the hope that such depth of thought, creativity, sweetness, and forgiveness--as well as her sense of wonder--may still be found in today's generation of young people. --Joan Hiatt Harlow, author, Star in the Storm [The book] provides a window into the 1940s, a time so different than today, technologically, but strikingly similar as well. . . . An excellent [way to] . . . understand what the average citizen was experiencing while war unfolded. --VOYA A fine, insightful and sometimes moving journal composed by a wholly likable young woman--better than fiction. --Kirkus Reviews These diaries are a treasure on a scale with Anne Frank's. They tell the remarkable story of a real girl in a momentous time in history, from a unique viewpoint full of humor, insight, and emotional highs and lows on both a personal and an international level. --BlogCritics Her sensitivity to and exuberance about events large and small is contagious, though her poetic tendencies are tempered by her doubts, intellect, sarcasm, and savvy. Witnessing Morrison mature as a woman and a writer is invigorating and memorable. -- PublishersWeekly.com A Chicago teenager's journal-riveting and real-recalls an era when adolescence was a preparation for adult life. --Richard Peck, author, Fair Weather This captivating diary of the years leading into World War II provides a fresh view of the American scene, before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor. --Donald A. Ritchie, author, Doing Oral History An important and refreshingly engaging word painting of a far more innocent time in U.S. history. Home Front Girl is all about the thrill of being young, of questioning, and dreaming . . . and how those dreams can so easily begin to shatter under the crush of impending world events. The perspective here could not be more pure. Recommended! --Graham Salisbury, author, Under the Blood-Red Sun and Eyes of the Emperor

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Joan Wehlen Morrison (19222010) grew up in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago before moving to New York and later New Jersey. She was adjunct professor of history at the New School for Social Research. Susan Signe Morrison, Joan's daughter, is a professor of English literature at Texas State UniversitySan Marcos and the author of two books on the Middle Ages.

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