Title: Life with Lisa
Description: *Life with Lisa* the fictional diary of a 12-year-old girl whose vivid account and comments on her neighbours and surroundings was later reprinted by Puffin Books (1979) and adapted for Radio 4 in 2003 (five episodes, 8 September-12 September) with Victoria O'Donnell as Lisa. Lisa subsequently appeared in a sequel, Leave It To Lisa. [Lisa may have begun life some years earlier in short stories in annuals, e.g. 'Lisa Loses Her Hat', Daily Mail Annual for Girls 1953,1952.]

Acknowledgements: with thanks to Steve Holland, Bear Alley
Subjects: Leave it to Lisa, Puffin Books
People: Victoria O'Donnell, Steve Holland
Time periods: 1950s