A New York Times Notable Book: This memoir of a career in book publishing "should please anyone who cares about twentieth-century literature" (The Washington Post Book World).
"This is not literary life as we know it todayhuge advances, showbiz and vast conglomeratesbut the world of small literary houses . . . An enveloping blast of nostalgia: read and marvel at what we (all of us) are missing." Marie Claire
"A beautifully written, hard-headed, and generally insightful look back at the heyday of post-war London publishing by a woman who was at its center for nearly half a century." The Washington Times
"Witty and astute . . . The literarily curious will find [her] portraits of leading contemporary authors irresistible." Publishers Weekly