Time to Be in Earnest : A Fragment of Autobiography
by By James, P. D.
Category: Biography & Autobiography , Women

This crafter of taut, resonant dissections of the dark side of the human heart here turns the examining lens on her own story. The fragmentaion noted in the title refers to the device James uses: snatches of memory, flashes of anecdote, glimpses into her own process and predilections are laid out in diary entries over the course of a year. The book includes b&w photos and the text of a paper James gave in 1998 on Jane Austen's  Emma  as a detective story. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)