About Time Too: 1940-78

With this second volume of autobiography Penelope Mortimer covers the three decades, from the acceptance of her first novel in 1945 ( intended as an immense historical saga about the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ) to her divorce from the ,writer John Mortimer in 1972. These were years of immense productivity, ranging from being an Agony Aunt to the writing of Pumpkin Eater; the years of bringing up six children in the context of a difficult and absorbing marriage. The conflict between writer, wife and mother is explored with honesty, tempered by irony and humour.