lindseyloeper 's review for:

Instead of a Letter: A Memoir by Diana Athill

4.0

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I've fallen into a memoir kick lately, and although this isn't a new book, it was recently re-released. Athill's description of her youth and college years are lovely, and my only complaint of the second half, as she graduates and becomes a "working woman" is that I wanted more. She skims over a lot, understandably, and her descriptions aren't as deep and full, but I still enjoyed the later chapters and actually identified with some of the problems/events that she is dealing with as a middle aged person. It's an easy book to get into for a weekend.

Actually, I just now found out that she has a separate memoir ("Stet") dedicated to her career in publishing, which my explain why the later chapters are comparatively slim feeling.