The Forbidden Notebook

A woman buys a notebook and secretly begins to keep a journal of her life. Her children are grown and in college, but the time is Italy in the 1960s and the woman still is responsible for all of the day-to-day household tasks. She also holds a full-time job outside the home. As she writes, the woman begins to realize truths about her family and her life and herself.

Recommended. This is a story of a middle-aged woman who is starting to want to live out some of her dreams for the first time...a story I do not often hear.