Divine Intervention A Memoir

Growing up in blue collar Baltimore in the socially rigid 1950’s groomed Janet for a life she did not want. Her parents, conservative and religious, saw no academic future for her but felt that secretarial work, marriage and children were proper goals for a decently raised young woman. She longed to escape the impending doom of an office job where she would type memos, answer phones and struggle with shorthand and her dress size for the rest of her life. Though timid and insecure, she left her parent’s home, moving to a shabby downtown apartment building where she met a group of eccentric new friends - including not-yet-famous drag queen Divine –who helped her move past her fears and insecurities, ditch her plain-Jane looks, and create a new future.