The style of writing in these letters is very similar to his journal writing, which makes me think that Dick was always writing his journal with another reader in mind. That afternoon she handed me a collection of love letters that Dick had sent to her mother from 1935 – 1952. She very kindly invited me to lunch one afternoon and her fondness and admiration for both Dick and Sheila were evident. I heard nothing for a few weeks, as the address was an old one, but my letter was forwarded and one day I received a call from ‘Putzi’. Once I had a name for her, I then found an address and wrote to her, explaining that I had found Dick’s journals. Gina married someone else, and her daughter Putzi moved to London in the 1960s and became a regular visitor at Dick and Sheila’s. Gina was American and returned to the States, and Dick’s attentions returned to Sorina, but he often mentioned in his journals how strongly he felt for Gina, and how he felt that he should have married her. ‘Putzi’ was the daughter of a woman called Gina Brennan, who Dick met in 1934 and fell deeply in love with. Looking back through the paperwork that was found with the journals, I realised that I had found a name for someone who Dick always referred to as ‘Putzi’.
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