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What is it like to be old? Diana Athill, born in 1917, made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs. In SOMEWHERE TOWARDS THE END 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 taight her to regret very little, to resist despondency and to question the beliefs and customs of her own generation.

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Diana Athill was born in 1917. She worked for the BBC throughout the Second World War and then helped Andre Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name. Athill's distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her acclaimed memoir STET, which is published by Granta Books, as are four other volumes of memoirs - INSTEAD OF A LETTER, AFTER A FUNERAL, YESTERDAY MORNING, MAKE BELIEVE - and a novel, DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.

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She doesn't try to be funny or witty, but you'd look long and hard for a more stimulating and engaging companion. - SUNDAY TIMES - Karen Robinson '[Diana's] musings can be sharp and her memories, such as looking after her elderly mother, powerful ... Claire Bloom's reading is both masterful and beautiful.' - THE OLDIE She brings the same cool intelligence to bear in her closing comments on death and dying, and the distinction between the two. Athill's elegant sentences affirm what she acknowledges: that she is among the lucky, lucid ones. - DAILY TELEGRAPH Claire Bloom could not be bettered as narrator ... Wonderfully upbeat but thoroughly down-to-earth, Athill romps into intimacies that most of us would not dream of disclosing to strangers ... The good news is that there is much more fun ahead than you might think. - THE TIMES - Christina Hardyment


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  • ISBN-13: 9781409113225
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
  • Edition: Unabridged edition
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 137 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1409113221
  • Publisher Date: 23 Apr 2009
  • Binding: CD-Audio
  • Height: 137 mm
  • Weight: 146 gr


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