Want to have a good book?br Please visit our website at : Time to Be in Earnest In 1997, P. D. James turned 77. Taking to heart Dr. Johnson s advice that at that age it is "time to be in earnest", she decided, for the first time in her life, to keep a diary. The result is this frank and engaging memoir. Structured like the diary of a single year, "Time to Be in Earnest" roams back and forth through time, illuminating the extraordinary life P. D. James has led. Photos.