{"product_id":"9780345442123","title":"Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eJames, P. D.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBallantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43352061051135,"sku":"9780345442123","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780345442123_s600x595.jpg?v=1775594817","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780345442123","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}