A review by wendoxford
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

4.0

88 year old Lady Slane can, at last, become her true self when her husband (ex Viceroy of India, ex PM) dies. Instead of being prostrate with helplessness and grief, she rejects her patronising children's efforts to manage her and sets off on a small late life adventure of independence.
A subtle invective against Victorian values, being old, being a woman and frustrated dreams (albeit from a moneyed perspective!)
A really "good read"