Quote of the day
Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.
Edith Konecky

Born: August 1, 1922
Died: March 28, 2019 (aged 96)
Bio: Edith Konecky was an Jewish American feminist novelist who, despite a relatively small body of work, can lay claim to a large literary achievement with Allegra Maud Goldman, a coming-of-age novel that chronicles the growth of a young female artist.
Known for:
- Allegra Maud Goldman (1976)
- A Place at the Table (1989)
- Fiction and the Facts of Life (2011)
- View to the North (2004)
- Past sorrows and coming attractions (2000)