the red leather diary

i went to another book reading this week. lily koppel was the author. she wrote the book red leather diary. i bought the book before pesach, but i havent read it yet. i really love book readings. i like hearing the author read from their book with their own inflections. often the book seems different to me than what the author had intended, which i think is so cool. though i havent read the red leather diary i will tell you a little bit about it. the book is about a young woman, lily koppel , who finds a red leather diary in a dumpster on the upper west side in manhattan, and how she goes on to find its author as well as featuring excerpts of the diary. i actually had seen a write up about this book in one of the women's magazine's which peaked my interest . lily koppel eerily looks like the young florence wolfson whose diary she found. at the book reading lily koppel not only recounted how she found the diary and eventually tracked down its author, also conveyed an appreciation for the elderly and the importance of telling the story of an 'average' person. to me this is so profound. i have alot of elderly relatives whose lives i have found enchanting. to me this was so important and so unusual for a young , hip looking woman to convey to an audience. every person is a world. this is so deep. the youth culture is so worshipped that its so nice to hear someone respecting an older person and finding meaning from her life. i really look forward to actually reading this book.