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1783782544

Alive, alive oh! : and other things that matter.

Author: Athill, Diana.

Publication year: 2015

Language: English

Media class: Hardback

Classification: 920.ATH

Publisher: London : Granta, 2015.

ISBN: 1783782544 9781783782543 (hbk): 12.99

Notes:

Several years ago, Diana Athill accepted that she could no longer live entirely independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. There, she found herself released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property, and free to settle into her remaining years. From this vantage point, she reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that have risen to the surface and which sustain her in these last years.