Monthly Archives: November 2012
Carol By Frieda Friedman
In a completely different context, I have recently been reading about how a combination of post-World War II affluence, fear of being bombed into oblivion, and the Eisenhower Interstate highway system facilitated the flight of the middle class from the … Continue reading
Working At Love By Judy Baer
If it were up to me, I’d be on my way to the beautician’s right this minute to copy the spikey, Billy Idol-inspired look of this week’s cover model onto my own head. Sadly, the amount of peroxide it would … Continue reading
To Nick From Jan By Julie Campbell Tatham
Background: When doing some fact-checking for last month’s Whitman extravaganza, I came across a reference to this stand-alone (non-series) title by everyone’s favorite series author, Julie Campbell Tatham. Enticingly described as sharing a lot of similarities with Campbell’s flagship Trixie … Continue reading
The Pretty Ones By Dorothy Eden
Background: It has been theorized that, cinematically, the Gothic genre had a revival in the 1940s due to World War II: stories targeting the anxiety of women marrying men they barely knew or husbands returning home from the war “not … Continue reading
Lost Classics of Teen Lit: 1939-1989 