Anais Nin describes 1971 as the year of letters: "The Diary became an exchange of letters. It was an avalanche of letters, all of them personal, intimate and like the demands of a friend." She gets up early every morning and opens a 6" briefcase that is full of letters to be answered. Every person feels they know her because she has revealed herself to them in the diary; they want her to know them as well and send her photographs and describe their lives in intimate detail.
Meanwhile, she has cancer and must force herself to rest. The love she feels from the letters and daily swims keep her from sinking into depression.
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