What it's about
Diana Athill, now ninety, writes frankly about the losses and sometimes the gains that come with old age.
She also reflects on the wisdom and courage needed to face death.
The book is a lively narrative of events, lovers, and friendships.
It describes people and experiences that taught her to regret little and resist despondency.
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The publisher's description
Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs, now aged ninety, and freed from any inhibitions that even she may once have had, she reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age brings, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. This is a lively narrative of events, lovers and friendships: the people and experiences that have taught her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.
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