A Life of My Own
This autobiography by master biographer Claire Tomalin is predictably well written and highly readable, with the author of 'The Invisible Woman' and 'Samuel Pepys: the Unequalled Self' for the first time concentrating her forensic skills on her own life. The writing is measured, almost factual, making the tragic passages in her life all the more poignant. There are less gripping sections - perhaps too much on subjects studied at school and university, teachers and friends - but these were all part of the journey and of course meaningful to Tomalin. She was at the centre of London literary life at a particular period in our history and reflects this back in the concise, objective prose so familiar from her much loved biographies. A treasure