The diary of a young girl
by Cherry Gilchrist, Anne Frank · first published 1998
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…Carnegie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie) of the [How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influen...) fame. - A young girl's diary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl) - Greenlights by [Matthew McConaughey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey) - How Asia Works: Success and Failure In the World's Most Dynamic Region - How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗Be sure to read at least the end of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl (forget how much we covered in school, probably just excerpts).
You already know the answer, but it's well-established consensus among historians that the Anne Frank diary is authentic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl#Auth... The conspiracy theory that it is fabricated is mostly pushed by fringe "historical revisionists" engaging in Holocaust denial. There are some Christian fundamentalists in the US who also peddle…
…such changes can affect status of original work (as in - how they can apply retrospectively to the original work - and not just affect copyright of those changes). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl#Copy...
I read "The Diary of a Young Girl" but not as entertainment. To be sure we should be aware of the real horrors in the world — we should not be naive about these things as they will likely happen again and we might more quickly recognize…
on “In "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," Feeding Your Family Comes First” ↗https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl#Auth... It looks like "edited by the father". When I read "ghostwriter" I imagine that someone else wrote "most" of the test.
on “The Best Ghostwritten Books” ↗…to Every Moral Question” by Michael Schur is a fun book that opens with a good question, “Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?” I have been meaning to and this year I finally read The Diary of a Young Girl. For 2024, here are some of the ones from my list (sorry for the formatting, copied Markdown from my notes); - [Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_War:_The_Fight_for_the_Wo...)…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024” ↗