Cecilia’s Diary: 1962–1969

Anvil, 2003, softcover, 166 pages, ISBN 9712712990

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Inspiring and Healing

Cecil­ia dis­cov­ered the heal­ing pow­er of jour­nal writ­ing when she was very young. Her sis­ter had giv­en her a lock-and-key pink diary, and in that jour­nal and many oth­ers, Cecil­ia record­ed her thoughts and feel­ings as well as mem­o­rable events. She did not know it, but her diary was her way of prac­tic­ing her writ­ing. These excerpts from her diary cov­er the time she was in school until the time she grad­u­at­ed and was about to leave for the US for grad­u­ate work.

Praise

“That life can be lived rich­ly and gen­er­ous­ly is a mes­sage in Cecilia’s Diary that teens every­where need to hear, as they also need to real­ize from this book how keep­ing a diary can add a dynam­ic dimen­sion to the ordi­nary events of dai­ly life.” (Her­minia Menez, Folk­lorist)

“How far should one go? Teens of the New Age want to know about sex and mar­riage, school and career, peer pres­sure and pop­u­lar­i­ty, psy­cho­log­i­cal abuse and child-par­ent con­flicts. So did Brainard’s gen­er­a­tion. Cecilia’s Diary tells all. Noth­ing like read­ing now anoth­er soul cries out to itself when one’s one soul is seek­ing his way.” (Felice Pru­dente Sta. Maria, Author)

“Cecilia’s Diary inspires a com­par­i­son of the dif­fer­ent gen­er­a­tions of Fil­ip­inas. Regard­less of time, the book is a vivid account of grow­ing up, to which all young Fil­ip­inas can iden­ti­fy with. It can also serve as a valu­able ref­er­ence to high school stu­dents who are keen on start­ing their own jour­nals. (Erma Cuizon for Sun­star Week­end)

Excerpt

https://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2013/12/excerpt-from-cecilias-diary-1962–1969.html#more

Book Review

Erma Cuizon for Sun­star Week­end