I have never before in my life kept a diary of my thoughts, and here at the start of my ninth decade, having for the moment nothing much else to write, I am having a go at it. Good luck to me.So begins this extraordinary book, a collection of diary pieces that Jan Morris wrote for the Financial Times over the course of 2017.A former soldier and journalist, and one of the great chroniclers of the world for over half a century, she writes here in her characteristically intimate voice funny, perceptive, wise, touching, wicked, scabrous, and above all, kind about her thoughts on the world, and her own place in it as she turns ninety. From cats to cars, travel to home, music to writing, its a cornucopia of delights from a unique literary figure.

Binding: Paperback;336 pages; Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd; Classification: BJ; Weight: 394 g; Dimensions: 131 x 198 x 18

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