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Alive, Alive Oh!

And Other Things that Matter
By Diana Athill
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Alive, Alive Oh! by Diana Athill is a reflective memoir capturing the wisdom and experiences of a woman approaching the end of her life. The author shares vivid memories and insights from her long, adventurous life, encompassing success, love, loss, and joy. This book offers a touching exploration of what it means to live a life fully and richly, revealing lessons learned and cherished moments during her 98 years.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy insightful and candid reflections on life, love, and ageing. Diana Athill shares her wisdom and personal stories with warmth and honesty, offering a compelling look into the joys and challenges of living well into one's nineties. If you appreciate memoirs filled with humour, grace, and real-life lessons, you'll likely find this an engaging read.

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Alive, Alive Oh!

A sequel to the Costa Award-winning Somewhere Towards the End: a rich, humorous and intelligent consideration of growing old and what really matters in the end.

A sequel to the Costa Award-winning Somewhere Towards the End: a rich, humorous and intelligent consideration of growing old and what really matters in the end.

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What matters in the end? In the final years of life, which memories stand out? Writing from her retirement home in Highgate, London, as she approaches her 100th year, Diana Athill recalls in sparkling detail the moments in her life which sustain her.

With vivid memories of the past mingled with candid, wise and often very funny reflections on the experience of being very old, Alive, Alive Oh! reminds us of the joy and richness to be found at every stage of life.

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Diana Athill's Alive, Alive Oh! is acclaimed for its crisp, precise language that captivates readers with its underlined-worthy phrases. Caroline Criado-Perez from the Observer highlights its vitality even in the face of death, while the Independent on Sunday praises the memoir for its clarity, frankness, and unsentimental reflection on memories.

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ISBN: 9781783787418

Publisher: Granta Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Granta Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 130g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

DIANA ATHILL was born in 1917. She helped Andre Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name and worked as an editor for Deutsch for four decades. She is the author of eight volumes of memoirs - Stet, Instead of a Letter, After a Funeral, Yesterday Morning, Make Believe, Somewhere Towards the End, Alive, Alive Oh!, A Florence Diary - a collection of letters, Instead of a Book, and a novel, Don't Look At Me Like That, all published by Granta, as well as a collection of short stories, Midsummer Night in the Workhouse (Persephone Books). 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.

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