Full name: Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir

Author: Diana Athill Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393067705 9780393338003 039306770X 0393338002

Diana Athill is one of the great editors in British publishing. For more than five decades she edited the likes of V. S. Naipaul and Jean Rhys, for whom she was a confidante and caretaker. As a writer, Diana Athill has made her reputation for the frankness and precisely expressed wisdom of her memoirs. Now in her ninety-first year, "entirely untamed about both old and new conventions" (Literary Review) and freed from any of the inhibitions that even she may have once had, Athill reflects candidly, and sometimes with great humor, on the condition of being old--the losses and occasionally the gains that age brings, the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Distinguished by "remarkable intelligence...[and the] easy elegance of her prose" (Daily Telegraph), this short, well-crafted book, hailed as "a virtuoso exercise" (Sunday Telegraph) presents an inspiring work for those hoping to flourish in their later years. Similar books: Seldom Disappointed by Tony Hillerman Burning the Days by James Salter My History by Antonia Fraser Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy Goat by Brad Land Between Them by Richard Ford Being Jordan by Katie Price An Accidental Autobiography by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Too Close to the Falls by Catherine Gildiner Kitchen Privileges by Mary Higgins Clark The Duke of Deception by Geoffrey Wolff Curriculum Vitae by Muriel Spark Let Me Finish by Roger Angell An Unfinished Woman by Lillian Hellman Elsewhere by Richard Russo Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover