Dagboekaantekeningen van Frida Vogels (1930) over de tante van haar Italiaanse man, in de periode 1982-1994. De 75-jarige tante Lucietta keert - na veertig jaar in Argentinië gewoond te hebben - terug naar haar familie in het zuid-Italiaanse San Severo.
This volume focuses on excerpts from the journal written during the first decade, 1973-1982, one of the most productive of Oates's career. The diary explores her friendship with other writers, like John Updike, Donald Barthelme, Susan Sontag, Gail Godwin, and Philip Roth, among others. Oates also describes her university teaching, her love of the natural world, her rural background, and her travels.