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Time to Be in Earnest 

Time to Be in Earnest (1999)
A Fragment of Autobiography
A non fiction book by P D James

 


Originally loathe to embark on a full autobiography, P.D. James decided to chronicle a year in her life - the twelve months between her 77th and 78th birthday - and in so doing found the daily events and reflections of the present a springboard into the past. The result is a unique and very personal book - part diary, part memoir - that spans almost the full century.

She recalls, with insight and warmth, what it was like to grow up in post-Victorian England in a poor family, to be a schoolgirl in the 1930s. She recreates memories of giving birth to her daughter during the Doodlebug bombardment of London; struggling to support her family while trying to write; working in the Home Office in the forensic and criminal justice departments; serving as the Governor of the BBC, and eventually entering the House of Lords. And she explores the craft of the classical detective story of which she is a master.

Through a life of hard work, creativity and public service her reputation grew. During the busy year in which this memoir was penned, she published the #1 bestseller, A Certain Justice.

 
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Hardback Editions

March 2001 : Hardback
Title: Time to be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (Windsor Selection)
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0754015041 / 9780754015048 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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November 2000 : Hardback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (Thorndike Biography)
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0786228318 / 9780786228317 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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May 2000 : Hardback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P.D. James
ISBN: 0676972772 / 9780676972771 (USA edition)
Publisher: Knopf Canada
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May 2000 : Hardback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0676972713 / 9780676972719 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Inc (T)
Availability: Amazon UK   

April 2000 : Hardback
Title: Time To Be In Earnest: A Fragment Of Autobiography
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0375410910 / 9780375410918 (USA edition)
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf
Availability: Amazon UK   

April 2000 : Hardback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest : A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P.D. James
ISBN: 037541066X / 9780375410666 (USA edition)
Publisher: Knopf
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November 1999 : Hardback
Title: Time to be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 057120094X / 9780571200948 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
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Paperback Editions

December 2001 : Paperback
Title: Time to be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography (Paragon Softcover Large Print Books)
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0754023842 / 9780754023845 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
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June 2001 : Paperback
Title: Time to be in Earnest
Author(s):: P.D. James
ISBN: 0676973442 / 9780676973440 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage Canada
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February 2001 : Paperback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P.D. James
ISBN: 0345442121 / 9780345442123 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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November 2000 : Paperback
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: Baroness P. D. James
ISBN: 0571203965 / 9780571203963 (UK edition)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
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Audio Editions

June 2000 : Audio Cassette
Title: Time to be in Earnest: Complete & Unabridged: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: 0754004961 / 9780754004967 (UK edition)
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

Kindle Editions

February 2011 : Kindle edition
Title: Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
Author(s):: P. D. James
ISBN: B004QM8UMI
Publisher: Faber and Faber Non Fiction
Availability: Amazon UK   

December 2010 : Kindle edition
Title: Time to be in Earnest
Author(s):: P.D. JAMES
ISBN: B004H3W3SS
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Availability: Amazon UK   

December 2007 : Kindle edition
Title: Time to Be in Earnest
Author(s):: P.D. James
ISBN: B000XU8E28
Publisher: Vintage
Availability: Amazon   

 


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