Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter [Hardcover]

Like Athills favorite paintings, her essays make you see, when you leave their presence, that everything has become more alive.Witty, candid. . . . If you havent read Athill, and open her latest book expecting serene reflections from a nonagenarian sipping tea in her garden, youre in for a surprise.Enchanting. . . . Diana Athill, 98, still has a few things to teach us about growing old with dignity and humor and grace. . . . Astute and sparkling.So beautifully written and exquisitely detailed. . . . [Athill] mines her memories of a life well-lived and generously lays them out on the page for the rest of the world to enjoy.Moving and always engaging&. The sheer candour with which she writes and the overwhelming sense of a life fully lived are both quite marvelous.A luminous, wise, and joyful insight into what really matters at the end of a long life, from the beloved author of the award-winning