Somewhere Towards The End

Review 'There is a sense throughout Athill's work that you are making a new friend asmuch as reading a new story ... a delight to read' - Observer 'The book is a moving and humorous account of old age, unsparing about itsindignities, unflinching from the inevitability that the end can not be many yearsaway, but full of joy at the way life keeps on, at the most unexpected moments,renewing itself' - Irish Times 'Part expos, part treatise on old age, the book is a ruminative read' - SundayTimes 'Her brilliant book is entirely lacking in the usual regrets, nostalgia and Hovis-adrecollections of old-timers. It is a little literary gem, penned by a marvellous, feistyold character ... What a treasure' - Daily Mail Product Description What is it like to be old? Written in her nineties, when she was free from any inhibitions she may have once had, Diana Athill reflects frankly on the losses and occasionally the gains that old age can bring, and on the wisdom and fortitude required to face death. Lively, fearless and humorous, Somewhere Towards the End encapsulates the vibrant final decades of Athill's life. Filled with events, love and friendships, this is a memoir about maintaining hope, joy and vigour in later life, resisting regret, and questioning the beliefs and customs of your own generation. Book Description The Costa-award winning memoir on what it means to grow old, reissued alongside Athill's extensive backlist. About the Author Diana Athill was born in 1917. She helped André Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name and worked as an editor for Deutsch for four decades. Athill's distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her acclaimed memoir Stet. She is the author of seven further volumes of memoirs, Instead of a Letter, After a Funeral, Yesterday Morning, Make Believe, Somewhere Towards the End, Alive, Alive Oh!, A Florence Diary, and a collection of letters, Instead of a Book, all published by Granta. Her only novel, Don't Look At Me Like That, was first published in 1967. In January 2009, she won the Costa Biography Award for Somewhere Towards the End, and was presented with an OBE. She died in January 2019.