Handwritten diary; written by a young Israeli woman telling the story of her love to another woman. Israel, August 1950-July 1951. Hebrew and English.
A personal diary written during a period of about one year by a young woman named Tamar, in which she reveals the story of her love to an American woman named Barbara (whom she calls "B"). Tamar describes in this diary the time she spent with with Barbara and tells about her love to her (and later about her longing for her, after she left the country). Along the description of the relationship with Barbara, Tamar expresses her loneliness, her search for love, and the effect which her falling in love with a woman had on her life (in one of the entries Tamar writes: "I understood that I might, at least in the near future, fall in love with someone resembling B…and I also understood that this someone might very well be a woman…"). Many passages were written in English.
Enclosed: * Five letters written by Barbara to Tamar (handwritten on aerogrammes, sent from the USA to Tel-Aviv). English. * Draft of a letter to Barbara from 1951. * Other diary entries and notes, handwritten by Tamar (no date).
The diary is written on a school exercise notebook (about 140 written pages), 20.5 cm. Good condition. Detached cover (stained and torn).