by Diana Athill (Author)
A remarkable, truthful and vivid evocation of childhood, from the author of Stet , After a Funeral , Don't Look At Me Like That and Instead of a Letter . Diana Athill has written three memoirs which have been acclaimed as classics for their insight, candour and wit: Instead of a Letter , After a Funeral and, most recently, Stet - an editor's life . Here she goes back to the beginning, in a sharp evocation of a childhood unfashionably filled with happiness - a Norfolk country house, servants, the pleasures of horses, the unfolding secrets of adults and sex. This is England in the 1920s, seen (with a clear and unsentimental eye) from the vantage point of England in 2001. It was a privileged and loving life: but did it equip her to be happy?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 16 Jan 2003
ISBN 10: 1862075514
ISBN 13: 9781862075511
Book Overview: Shortlisted for the JR Ackerley Prize for biography/memoir