Chambers, Aidan. This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)

CHAMBERS, Aidan. This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn. 808p. Abrams. 2006. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-8109-7060-0. LC number unavailable.

Gr 9 Up--Cordelia Kenn is 19 and happily expecting a baby girl. She writes a series of pillow books--Japanese diaries of total disclosure--to her unborn daughter. First, she describes her courtship with Will, her first love. The lengthy second book tells two stories, one on every other page. The remaining books describe her affair with a married man, an intimate friendship with a female teacher, and her reunion with her beloved. Cordelia writes of her life and desires with thrilling abandon and unabashed sexuality, and her first …