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Loading... Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir (2008)by Diana Athill
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Pleasant enough but unessential. ( ) I look forward to hearing conversations and varied wisdoms from senior citizens. Now that I am in my mid 60s, they often serve as a guide on what I can look forward to or from. I enjoyed Ms. Athill's book. It was very honest and touching in many places. She looks upon her life with little regret even as a mistress. My notes from the book: Not being able to take dogs for a walk Sixties- within hailing distance of middle age Faith-the decision to act as though you believe anything that you have no reason to believe. (Diana is an atheist.) It's dying (not death) that I am afraid of. No one past 80 has the right to complain about death. Re-reading old favorite books Two regrets: 1) childlessness and 2) never having the guts to escape the narrowness of my life. God will forgive me, that's his job. This is such a gentle, gentle-womanly piece of writing. She is not an idle gossip and any hint of criticism is handled very tactfully. I held off reading it for quite a while because reviews had made it sound focussed upon a loss of sexuality with age. The book deals with sex very lightly, and is a well-rounded consideration of many aspects of growing old and dying. It is a straightforward, unsentimental and philosophical retrospective of life, if a little rambling. no reviews | add a review
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An esteemed memoirist and one of the great editors in British publishing examines aging with the grace of Elegy for Iris and the wry irreverence of I Feel Bad About My Neck. No library descriptions found. |
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