Elizabeth Smart was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1913 and die din London in 1986. Perhaps best known for her book 'By Grant Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', which reviewers described as 'a work of art' and a 'masterpiece', Elizabeth Smart kept a series of journals of which this is the first published volume.

This book covers the period from 1933 to 1940, which was a time of extensive travel and profound personal change. Through this book one can enter into the mind of a remarkable woman who was many years ahead of her time and who remains, even now, an enigmatic literary personality.