The Great Good Places

<p><b>''One of Britain''s most dazzling writers'' </b><i>New York Times</i><br><br><i>We all age differently, some stoically, some angrily, some calmly, some with an unfailing spirit of adventure and an undimmed curiosity</i><br><br>From one of our finest literary voices, <i>The Great Good Places</i> is a luminous collection of essays, stories and memoir that traverses the experience of growing older and looking back on a life deeply lived.<br><br>Drawing on decades of reading, writing and observation, Margaret Drabble reflects on the complex business of ageing, the strange workings of memory - its wonders and its fragility - and on the ''great good places'', the childhood homes, coastal sanctuaries and cherished libraries that shape who we are.<br><br>Rich with a lifetime''s worth of insight and wisdom and peppered with Drabble''s trademark lucidity and wit, <i>The Great Good Places</i> is an elegantly layered and profoundly moving meditation on time, place and the enduring power of recollection.</p>