The Great Good Places, (Hardcover)

<p><b>A luminous hybrid collection of short fiction, essay and memoir from literary giant Margaret Drabble<br></b><b><br>'One of Britain's most dazzling writers' </b><i>New York Times</i> </p><p><i>We all age differently, some stoically, some angrily, some calmly, some with an unfailing spirit of adventure and an undimmed curiosity</i> </p><p>From one of our finest literary voices, <i>The Great Good Places</i> is a luminous collection of essays, stories and memoir that traverses the experience of growing older and looking back on a life deeply lived. </p><p>Drawing on decades of reading, writing and observation, Margaret Drabble reflects on the complex business of ageing, the strange workings of memory - its wonders and its fragility - and on the 'great good places', the childhood homes, coastal sanctuaries and cherished libraries that shape who we are. </p><p>Rich with a lifetime's worth of insight and wisdom and peppered with Drabble's trademark lucidity and wit, <i>The Great Good Places</i> is an elegantly layered and profoundly moving meditation on time, place and the enduring power of recollection.</p>

• The Great Good Places, (Hardcover)
• Author: Margaret Drabble
• ISBN: 9781837265374
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2026-10-13
• Page Count: 208