Awards
Costa Biography Award
2009 Shortlist
Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
Judges: "A graceful, clear-sighted and brave memoir entirely lacking in self-pity - this is a wise and wry take on exactly what it's like to grow old."
Looking back on a life well lived and the stories, events and relationships that have peppered it, Athill offers original and lively reflections on the lessons she has learned - lessons that will strike a universal chord with readers in any stage of life. Never less than vivid and frank, she writes with intimate honesty about friendship, love, sex, and sore feet. Somewhere Towards the End addresses what it means to be old and to face death every day, but still have the strength to strive for life with an unquenchable curiosity for all that it brings.
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