New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by the author of "Color Blind" written in the form of daily diary entries by a woman living in Westchester County, New York, named Helen Fitzgibbons. While written with humor, warmth and empathy, this also challenges readers to think about some of the hypocrisies of white, middle-class suburbia in the late 1950s when it comes to religion, racial issues and communism during the era of the McCarthy hearings. 216 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.