A few years ago, there was a transfixing story in The New York Times about a 77-year-old old diary found in a dumpster on Riverside Drive. Its discoverer--and the article's writer--Lily Koppel, found herself mesmerized by the five years (1929-1934) of hopes and dreams of the young diarist, Florence Wolfson, a teenaged girl on the Upper West Side. She went as far as tracking her down and meeting her, now in her 90s and named Florence Howitt. more ›