Alive, alive oh! and other things that matter

168 pages

English language

Published Dec. 22, 2016

ISBN:
978-0-393-25371-9
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OCLC Number:
921167499

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"A luminous, wise, and joyful insight into what really matters at the end of a long life, from the beloved author of the award-winning Somewhere Towards the End. What will you remember if you live to be 100? Diana Athill charmed readers with her prize-winning memoir Somewhere Towards the End, which transformed her into an unexpected literary star. Now, on the eve of her ninety-eighth birthday, Athill has written a sequel every bit as unsentimental, candid, and beguiling as her most beloved work. 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 …

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Subjects

  • Aging
  • Life
  • Women editors
  • Editors
  • English Authors
  • Memory in old age
  • Old age
  • English Women authors
  • Biography

Places

  • Great Britain