{"product_id":"instead-of-a-letter-paperback","title":"Instead of a Letter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Athill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Diana Athill, nearly forty-three and far from a household name, sat down to write \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in her series of trailblazing memoirs, she was looking for an answer to the question \"What have I lived for?\" In this searching book, she recalls her child-hood on her grandparents' magnificent estate, the teenage romance that was certain to lead to marriage, her university days coinciding with the Second World War, and the sudden dissolution of her engagement, a loss that became the defining experience of the next twenty years of her life. Athill is as forthright in confessing her faults as she is in celebrating her triumphs. \"From this table, with this white tea-cup, full ashtray, and small glass half full of rum beside me,\" she writes, \"I see my story, ordinary enough though it has all been and sad though much of it was, as a success story.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Athill\u003c\/b\u003e (1917-2019) helped André Deutsch establish the publishing company that bore his name and worked as an editor for Deutsch for four decades. Her distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her memoir \u003ci\u003eStet\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of seven further volumes of memoirs--\u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAfter a Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eYesterday Morning\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMake Believe\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Towards the End\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAlive, Alive Oh!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Florence Diary\u003c\/i\u003e--and a collection of letters, \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Her only novel, \u003ci\u003eDon't Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e, was first published in 1967. In January 2009, she won the Costa Biography Award for \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Towards the End\u003c\/i\u003e and was presented with an Order of the British Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a writer, director, and actress. Her book \u003ci\u003eNot That Kind of Girl\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2014. Her latest film is \u003ci\u003eCatherine Called Birdy\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47188344013049,"sku":"9781681376134","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/MmZEh_AkcJ9781681376134.webp?v=1767866452","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/instead-of-a-letter-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}