TY - BOOK AU - Athill,Diana TI - Alive, alive oh! SN - 9781510030541 (pbk.) : U1 - 828.914 ATH 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Rearsby PB - Clipper Large Print Books KW - Athill, Diana KW - Women authors KW - 20th century KW - Anecdotes KW - Authors, English KW - Aging KW - Large type books N1 - Standard print edition originally published: London: Granta, 2015 N2 - Several years ago, Diana Athill accepted that she could no longer live entirely independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. There, she found herself released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property, and free to settle into her remaining years. From this vantage point, she reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that have risen to the surface and which sustain her in these last years ER -