Sometimes Things are Punk, Sometimes They are Not: Diary of a Young Woman in Chicago at the Time of the War to End All Wars 1916-1918 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781300274858)

This black and white edition of Sometimes Things are Punk, Sometimes They are Not, is a less expensive version of the first edition with the color images, primarily movie posters, removed. The cost to print the color edition raises the cover price so as not to be a viable purchase for many people. Both editions will be available, but this is more of reader's copy than a master copy. My hope is that the text and the images that are retained will carry the book to readers on a more modest income. Either way, history is here to be read. This diary is very different from my Grandmother Hilda's in many ways-the generational differences are apparent upon reading. Hilda helped run a garage for her father, while Esther worked as a stenographer and was very much a lady, whereas Hilda would have been considered a "tom boy." Another issue with Esther's diary is the lack of photos. Due to a family squabble, if that is even the right word, all the things that belonged to my Great Grandmother and Grandfather were essentially stolen and only over decades were some of the things allowed to trickle back down to my mother. This diary is also different in the sense that it more similar to an itinerary of her daily life, rather than introspective or reflective. So, we have daily snapshots of Esther's life as a twenty-three-year-old, young professional woman in Chicago against the backdrop of the Great War, the Spanish Flu, vaudeville, theater, films, parades, Liberty Bonds and the propaganda that encouraged citizens to believe in the cause of war. There is no love interest or great tensions in the diary, but it is hers and whatever story it contains is worthy of preservation for its familial and historical context. With the completion of this text and my other familial works, I have voiced entire swaths of the 20th Century.

Author: Juventino Manzano
ISBN-10: 1300274859
ISBN-13: 9781300274858
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2025
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d