num_pages: 282
description: In 1952, soon after her arrival in Brazil, Elizabeth Bishop asked her new Brazilian friends which of their country's books she should read. They recommended Minha Vida de Menina - a diary kept by a young girl who lived in a mining town at the end of the nineteenth century. As a labor of love, Elizabeth Bishop devoted three years to translating the diary, a delightful account of a young girl's life in Brazil.
language: English
title: The Diary of "Helena Morley"
titlecomplete: The Diary of "Helena Morley"
genres: Memoir, Biography, Literature, Diary, Brazil, Nonfiction, Classics, School
ratings_count: 884
places: Diamantina
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux