Instead of a Letter Diana Athill

Name: Instead of a Letter By Diana Athill
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Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill

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Summary

In this classic of modern memoir, Diana Athill dissects the terrible consequences of loss and her struggle to rebuild a personality destroyed by sadness.

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Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill

Diana Athill's childhood was idyllic, brought up in the Norfolk countryside. Aged only 15, she fell in love with a young undergraduate. They travelled to Oxford, engaged to be married. Then everything fell apart in the cruellest possible way. In this modern memoir, Diana Athill dissects the terrible consequences of loss and her struggle to rebuild a personality destroyed by sadness.

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'The reader sees the transformation of the battered soul into a buoyant woman, openminded and open-hearted' - Hilary Mantel, Spectator

About Diana Athill

Diana Athill was born in 1917. She worked for the BBC throughout the Second World War before helping Andre Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name. For almost fifty years she was widely regarded as one of the finest editors in London, as well as a considerable and unjustly neglected writer. Two of what she called her 'documentary' books, After a Funeral and Instead of a Letter, anticipated the modern memoir in their directness and intimacy. Diana Athill lives in London NW3.

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Sku

GOR001476723

ISBN 13

9781862074545

ISBN 10

1862074542

Title

Instead of a Letter by Diana Athill

Author

Diana Athill

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Granta Books

Year published

2001-10-04

Number of pages

224

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us