the diary of hilda dark

starting on a farm in 1920s somerset the diary of hilda dark follows the adventures, friendships and troubles encountered in everyday life.

hilda was born in 1916 and this diary begins in 1926, on her brother jack’s eighth birthday, when she is ten years old. the diary sees her trying to cope with the emotions and upheavals of being the middle-child in a family affected by war, death and tragedy.