"It ain't no sin
To take off your skin
And dance about
In your bones"
Edgar Leslie

With this intro, Diana Athill with honesty and charm writes of her life from the vantage of being 89. I enjoyed learning about the bad bits just as much as the joys, the gossip and the truths. ( )

Delightful and succint insights and reflections from a woman reaching her late 80s. She has a positive outlook, intentionally so, accepting of the dwindling energy and appetites of age, but finding plenty still to take satisfaction in. If anything, she’s inclined to be a bit complacent or indulgent of her lot (smug, she says) but her poised and spirited phrases and descriptions are a joy: arresting, stimulating, and comforting in their graceful and candid delineation of our common humanity. The prose has a lush feel, and yet is ultimately rather thin in that not much really takes hold (as I was able to note on an almost-immediate reread, returning for more depth than was actually to be found). But dipping in to any page will bring pleasure. ( )

Pleasant enough but unessential. ( )

Original "Somewhere towards the end"

C'è in excel con padrone Grazia. una sola data 12/12/2012, nascita del cataloto L.B.. Con una nota, del 15/12/13, che dice: "Rinaldo dice di averlo preso lui"