Which housewife, who had three of her war-time diaries published between 1981-2010, was Housewife, 49 based on?
Nella Last Nella Last (née Nellie Lord; 4 October 1889 – 22 June 1968) was a housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. She wrote a diary for the Mass Observation Archive from 1939 until 1966 making it one of the most substantial diaries held by M-O. An edited version of the two million words or so she wrote during World War II was originally published in 1981 as "Nella Last's War: A Mother's Diary, 1939-45" and republished as "Nella Last's War: The Second World War Diaries of 'Housewife 49" in 2006. A second volume of her diaries, "Nella Last's Peace: The Post-war Diaries of Housewife 49", was published in October 2008, and a third volume "Nella Last in the 1950s" appeared in October 2010.
One Christmas "One Christmas" is an autobiographical short story by Truman Capote, portions of which were originally published in a 1982 issue of the "Ladies’ Home Journal" magazine. It was shortly thereafter published in 1983 as a book by Random House, Inc and was the final work published by Capote before his death in 1984. The story is an emotional childhood tale about the nature of deception and alcoholism. It is Capote’s last short story and a sequel to "The Thanksgiving Visitor".