A Picturebook On The Wall:Memoir by Elaine MargolisWhen she was a small child Elaine felt as though she had been wrapped in plastic from head to toe, nothing going out, nothing coming in. Her little world stayed the same, unchanging during the great Depression, and even though the country was suffering, the only glimmer of anything important to her was the fact that her mother's family -- Elaine's grandmother, aunt and two uncles -- had moved into her family's small apartment and were living in her suddenly crowded space.
From the Great Depression to World War II, through the traumas, frustrations and fears of being at war, the hazards of high school, hers was still a lonely plastic-wrapped environment. Then she entered Northwestern University and in those four years the universe opened up. She ran away with her college roommate to New York for a writing career, without her parents' knowledge or consent, plunging unsuspecting, inexperienced, into the maelstrom of post World War II New York and ended up as an editor for a comic book publishing company.
Growing up finally, it was possible to make a sort of peace, long distance, with her family. (from the publisher)
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I learned about the struggles she lived through during WWII.
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That the author has also been an editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica is interesting.
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She ended up as an editor at a Comic Book Publishing Company!
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She ended up in the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA editorial department after getting married.
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the author worked at ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA editorial department after getting married.
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Its interesting that this is the author's first non fiction work. I usually read fiction but would enjoy reading this nonfiction book!
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I learned that she usually writes fiction, but this is about her struggles during WW II.
Very interesting my maiden name is Margolis.
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Learning that she, like me, made peace with her family long distance relieves a bit of my guilt for doing the same exact thing.
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I thought all the diverse publications and books that the author has written! I also liked the wide range of classes she took.
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The author was an editor for the Encyclopaedia Britannica :)
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