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"First published in Great Britain by Granta Publications" [2015] -- Title page verso. |
| Summary |
Writing from her cozy room in Highgate, London, Diana begins to reflect on the things that matter after a lifetime of remarkable experiences, and the memories that have risen to the surface and sustain her in her very old age. 'My two valuable lessons are: avoid romanticism and abhor possessiveness,' she writes. In warm, engaging prose she describes the bucolic pleasures of her grandmother's garden and the wonders of traveling as a young woman in Europe after the end of the Second World War. As her vivid, textured memories range across the decades, she relates with unflinching candor her harrowing experience as an expectant mother in her forties and crafts unforgettable portraits of friends, writers, and lovers. |
| Subject |
Athill, Diana.
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Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Women editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Aging.
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Old age.
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Life.
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Memory in old age.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9780393253719
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0393253716
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