New York is a hub for business, finance, fashion, technology, entertainment, art, and is

commonly recognized as the city that never sleeps.

Diane Whitmore always dreamed of making it in New York.

To when she met Wall Street stockbroker Joseph Piper, she thought she was on the way to

the perfect life she had always dreamed.

But her marriage to Joe wasn't perfect.

Far from it.

Diane Whitmore was born in the small city of South Bend, Indiana on the 20th of May 1943.

Her parents were Don Whitmore and Jane Whitmore.

From a young age Diane suffered from asthma and was restricted to bed a lot.

So she read a lot of books.

Her favourite novels were the Nancy Drew collection, in which a teenage girl would self-crime.

What attracted Diane the most to Nancy Drew was that her character was strong, sophisticated,

and prodigy in many aspects.

At the age of 12 Diane moved with her parents to Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit.

They spent two years there during which Diane felt extremely uncomfortable, as if she

didn't belong.

It was a miserable time of her childhood.

In 57 the family moved to North Plainfield, New Jersey.

Diane fit right in there and was much happier.

She finished school as one of the top students in her class.

Diane transferred to University Mary Washington in Virginia, before transferring to me on

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