'My father would not have wasted time reading -- a trait I have inherited from him.'
The unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire, the youngest of the Mitford sisters, rings out of this second volume of her occasional writings. As broad and eclectic as her long and eventful life, the pieces range from a ringside view of John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral, a valedictory for her local post office, the 1938 London season, Christmas at Chatsworth and the hazards of shopping for clothes when your eyesight is failing.
Affectionate, shrewd and uproariously funny, her no-nonsense, bang-on-the-nail observations are as good as any antidepressant.
- ISBN10 1444726676
- ISBN13 9781444726671
- Publish Date 14 May 2009
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint John Murray Learning
- Edition Digital original
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 176
- Language English