Scenario: female, 40 years old, unemployed, homeowner, previously middle class, now poverty level.
I wrote this diary to tell posterity what happened in my city and in my life in 1984. At times this diary got close enough to me personally to make me uncomfortable, but I feel that people will relate to the events of 1984. If nothing else, it will serve as a historical diary, political commentary and a nonfictional, factual representation of my life in 1984. Some names have been changed to protect the identities of people, places, companies and officials involved.
