{"product_id":"yesterday-morning-a-very-english-childhood-paperback","title":"Yesterday Morning: A Very English Childhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Athill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA remarkable, truthful and vivid recollection of childhood, from the author of \u003ci\u003eStet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter a Funeral\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDon't Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere Diana Athill goes back to the beginning in a sharp evocation of a childhood unfashionably filled with happiness - a Norfolk country house, servants, the pleasures of horses, the unfolding secrets of adults and sex. This is England in the 1920s seen (with a clear and unsentimental eye) from the vantage point of England in 2001. It was a privileged and loving life: but did it equip the author to be happy?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDIANA ATHILL \u003c\/b\u003ewas 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. Athill's distinguished career as an editor is the subject of her acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eStet\u003c\/i\u003e, which is also published by Granta Books, as are five volumes of memoirs, \u003ci\u003eInstead of a Letter, After a Funeral, Yesterday Morning, Make Believe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Towards the End\u003c\/i\u003e and a novel, \u003ci\u003eDon't Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e.In January 2009, she won the Costa Biography Award for \u003ci\u003eSomewhere Towards the End\u003c\/i\u003e, and was presented with an OBE. She died in January 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766706045216,"sku":"9781783788163","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ed2035246341a7049169d5d27a3ba952.webp?v=1780297085","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/yesterday-morning-a-very-english-childhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}