Books by Diana (Y) Athill

Thirty years of wit, wisdom, gossip and intimacy from Diana Athill, one of the nation's bestselling and best-loved authors, in the first collection of her letters ever to be published.

Stunning reissue of Diana Athill's memoir of the loss of her first great love in the second world war.

A remarkable and poignant look at love and grief, from the acclaimed author of Somewhere Towards the End.

Stunning re-issue of Diana Athill's candid memoir of a life spent working as an editor, with some of the most celebrated writers of the post war generation.

In England half a century ago, well-brought-up women were meant to aspire to the respectable life. Meg progresses from school to art college with few outward signs of passion or frustration. But when she gets a job and moves to London, Meg does something shocking, even by today's standards.

'A vital account of being a woman in the 20th century ... chronicles the growth of a woman from a privileged childhood of horses and country estates to a middle-class existence in Andre Deutsch's publishing house and love affairs, to a late contemplation on old age. The prose is breathtaking, and the honesty exhilarating' Independent on Sunday