Diana Athill is one of our great women of letters. The renowned editor of V. S. Naipaul, Jean Rhys, and many others, she is also a celebrated memoirist whoseMany writers can be admired for their lyricism, their powers of imagination and their incisive wit. But theres only one I can think of who inspires a way to live life: Diana Athill.[T]renchant and engaging . . . often hilarious.Diana Athill is perhaps best known for her memoirWhat a feast. Dianas work compels me. . . . Shes got her teeth into life!Alice Munro