Yesterday Morning : A Very English Childhood

Yesterday Morning is a vivid recollection of Diana Athill's joyful beginnings.It is also a remarkable insight into a now vanished world; this is England in the 1920s, seen with a clear and unsentimental eye from the vantage point of the 21st century.Growing up in a Norfolk country house with servants, Athill's upbringing was rich and loving: filled with the pleasures of horse riding and the unfolding secrets of adults and sex.However, here, she probes these foundations, asking: does privilege equate to happiness?