The correspondence of these two prominent women reveals their concerns with love, career, and marriage. Their letters tell the story of the first generation of women to come of age during the twentieth century, as they tried to cope with problems that still face women today.
Holtz's "introductory remarks to each section of the book are gracefully done. . . . Two vibrant personalities emerge." Thompson and Lane's "extraordinary conversation, begun on a walking tour of the Loire valley, continues in letters throughout their lives."--New York Times Book Review
"Holtz . . . proves that carefully compiled, painstakingly edited correspondence, even between two women who are not exactly household names, can be instructive, fascinating, disturbing and delightful."--History: Reviews of Books
About the Editor
William Holtz is Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the editor of Travels with Zenobia: Paris to Albania by Model T Ford; a Journal by Rose Wilder Lane and Helen Dore Boylston.