Home to Roost: And Other Peckings
Registered by cally-c of Alfreton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on 1/15/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
'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.
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.
Liked this - a quick & easy read full of anecdotes, history, social comment.
Journal Entry 3 by cally-c at Sainsbury's Coffee Shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Saturday, August 23, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (8/22/2014 UTC) at Sainsbury's Coffee Shop in Chesterfield, Derbyshire United Kingdom
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This book set off on its travels in August....but where has it decided to stay?
Well, if you're reading this then you've found it & you can tell us!
Please take a minute to say where it was discovered...
...& you can tell us what you thought of it.
When you've read it, please pass it to a friend to enjoy
or leave it in a public place for someone else to find -just like you did!
(If you decide to join Bookcrossing, please consider putting me,
cally-c as your referring member-thanks!)