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Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.D. James decided to chronicle a year in her life - the twelve months between her 77th and 78th birthday - and in so doing found the daily events and reflections of the present a springboard into the past. The result is a unique and very personal book - part diary, part memoir - that spans almost the full century. She recalls, with insight and warmth, what it was like to grow up in post-Victorian England in a poor family, to be a schoolgirl in the 1930s. She recreates memories of giving birth to her daughter during the Doodlebug bombardment of London; struggling to support her family while trying to write; working in the Home Office in the forensic and criminal justice departments; serving as the Governor of the BBC, and eventually entering the House of Lords. And she explores the craft of the classical detective story of which she is a master. Through a life of hard work, creativity and public service her reputation grew. During the busy year in which this memoir was penned, she published the #1 bestseller, A Certain Justice,

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"The reigning mistress of murder...[Her] vivid, compelling whodunits over almost a quarter of a century have made James one of the world's leading crime writers." --"Time" "A rare jewel." --"The Times ""Energetic, thorough, and excitingly fierce, and [at times] terribly sad." --"Financial Times" "Thoughtful, endearing--full of wisdom as well as common sense." --"The Sunday Telegraph" "Delightful--touching--balanced by modesty and free of hubris, like a string quartet in which themes appear, slide away and recur. The result is a memoir of charm and feeling." --"Scotland On Sunday ""Fascinating--An elegant, enjoyable amalgamation of memoir and journal."" "--"Literary Review" "[P.D. James] is a heroine, not of our time, but of her own. But it is the good humour with which [her story] is encountered that makes it memorable.... Addictive...Remarkable...Top marks all round." --Anita Brookner, "The Spectator"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780375410918
  • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A Fragment of Autobiography - Signed Edition
  • ISBN-10: 0375410910
  • Publisher Date: 04 Apr 2000
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Weight: 639562 gr


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