PositiveThe Times Literary SupplementThe great question raised by this sparkling, endearing and alarming memoir is whether the upper-class English habit of repressing emotion and ignoring trouble for as long as possible is an admirable form of courage or a reprehensible recipe for disaster ... It has been known for the survivor of a difficult marriage to write about it as an act of revenge; Anne Glenconner, sweet-natured, generous-spirited and above all determined not to dwell, has not done so. Her book records the best as well as the worst consequences of the currently unfashionable stiff upper lip.
