Book description
'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.
