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Instead of a Letter: A Memoir

Instead of a Letter: A Memoir

by Diana Athill (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

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Synopsis

As a young woman, Diana Athill was engaged to an air force pilot-Instead of a Letter tells how he broke off the engagement, married someone else, and, worst of all, died overseas before she could confront or forgive him. Evoking perfectly the picturesque country setting of her youth, this fearless and profoundly honest story of love and modern womanhood marks the beginning of Athill's brilliant literary career.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 237
 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 29 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 0393338576
ISBN 13: 9780393338577

Media Reviews
[T]his book, one of two earlier memoirs that have now been reissued, shows that her talent has been evident for decades. Supple, frank, unafraid of contradictions, her literary voice has all the courageous intelligence one associates with a certain type of British writer but none of the chill. -- The New Yorker
Author Bio
Diana Athill was born in 1917. After a distinguished career as a book editor, she won the National Book Critics Circle and Costa Biography Awards for her memoir Somewhere Towards the End. In January 2009, she was presented with an OBE. She lives in Highgate, London.