A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment.

In 1970 Jessica Mitford publiJessica Mitfordd an article in the Atlantic Monthly "Let Us Now Appraise Famous Writers" an exposé of the Famous Writers School a correspondence course of questionable business practices founded by Bennett Cerf. I love the way Jessica Mitford never outgrew some of her adolescent traits remaining true to her politics – Jessica Mitford was a self-taught socialist – throughout her life. I think I've read everything Jessica Mitford wrote.

She became an American citizen in 1944.