For those who don't know this book it is one of my all time favorites. It was written in 1949. I have a reprinted addition that I bought back in the late 70's that is very well loved, as in held together with mailing tape. Beth found this copy, printed in 1966. If you have never read it you don't know what you are missing. Any book that opens with the line, "If I had cared to live I would have died" is worth a shot, and it is a fun read.