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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Publication date
March 1, 2001
Pages
269
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345442123
ISBN-10
0345442121
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Original list price
$15.00
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
The Mistletoe Murder | The Murder Room | Cover Her Face | Shroud for a Nightingale | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Innocent Blood | The Private Patient | The Black Tower | Talking About Detective Fiction
The Mistletoe Murder | The Murder Room | Cover Her Face | Shroud for a Nightingale | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Innocent Blood | The Private Patient | The Black Tower | Talking About Detective Fiction
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid, revealing autobiography of mystery writer P. D. James retraces her life from her school days in 1930s Cambridge to her membership in the House of Lords and her success as a writer. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
(view table of contents)Amazon.com description: Product Description: On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked on an endeavor unlike any other in her distinguished career: she decided to write a personal memoir in the form of a diary. Over the course of a year she set down not only the events and impressions of her extraordinarily active life, but also the memories, joys, discoveries, and crises of a lifetime. This enchantingly original volume is the result.
Time to Be in Earnest offers an intimate portrait of one of most accomplished women of our time. Here are vivid, revealing accounts of her school days in Cambridge in the 1920s and '30s, her happy marriage and the tragedy of her husband's mental illness, and the thrill of publishing her first novel, Cover Her Face, in 1962. As she recounts the decades of her exceptional life, James holds forth with wit and candor on such diverse subjects as the evolution of the detective novel, her deep love of the English countryside, her views of author tours and television adaptations, and her life-long obsession with Jane Austen. Wise and frank, engaging and graceful, this "fragment of autobiography" will delight and surprise P. D. James's admirers the world over.
Time to Be in Earnest offers an intimate portrait of one of most accomplished women of our time. Here are vivid, revealing accounts of her school days in Cambridge in the 1920s and '30s, her happy marriage and the tragedy of her husband's mental illness, and the thrill of publishing her first novel, Cover Her Face, in 1962. As she recounts the decades of her exceptional life, James holds forth with wit and candor on such diverse subjects as the evolution of the detective novel, her deep love of the English countryside, her views of author tours and television adaptations, and her life-long obsession with Jane Austen. Wise and frank, engaging and graceful, this "fragment of autobiography" will delight and surprise P. D. James's admirers the world over.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 2000)
9780786228317 | details & prices | 555 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $26.95
About: The great British mystery novelist P.
About: The great British mystery novelist P.
from Random House Inc (May 1, 2000)
9780676972719 | details & prices | List price $38.00
Signed edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 4, 2000)
9780375410918 | details & prices | 288 pages | List price $25.00
About: Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.
About: Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (April 1, 2000)
9780375410666 | details & prices | 269 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Ballantine Books (March 1, 2001)
9780345442123 | details & prices | 269 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
About: Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With June Barrie (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Chivers Audio Books (August 1, 2000); titled "A Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography"
9780754004967 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.00 × 2.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $84.95
About: On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P.
About: On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P.
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