description: Diana Athill's childhood was idyllic, brought up in the Norfolk countryside. Aged only 15, she fell in love with a young undergraduate. They travelled to Oxford, engaged to be married. Then everything fell apart in the cruellest possible way. In this modern memoir, Diana Athill dissects the terrible consequences of loss and her struggle to rebuild a personality destroyed by sadness.
language: English
title: Instead of a Letter
titlecomplete: Instead of a Letter
genres: Biography, War, Relationships, British Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Biography Memoir, History, World War II
ratings_count: 715
publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers