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Kiss Myself Goodbye

The Many Lives of Aunt Munca

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 Bloomsbury presents Kiss Myself Goodbye by Ferdinand Mount, read by Paul Blezard.

'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' – Hilary Mantel

'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' – Hadley Freeman

‘Wonderful, funny and wise’ – Kate Summerscale

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021
A SUNDAY TIMES, TLS, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

Aunt Munca never told the truth about anything. Calling herself after the mouse in a Beatrix Potter story, she was already a figure of mystery during the childhood of her nephew Ferdinand Mount. Half a century later, a series of startling revelations sets him off on a tortuous quest to find out who this extraordinary millionairess really was.

What he discovers is shocking and irretrievably sad, involving multiple deceptions, false identities and abandonments. The story leads us from the back streets of Sheffield at the end of the Victorian age to the highest echelons of English society between the wars.

An unconventional tale of British social history told backwards, now published with new material discovered by the author about his eccentric aunt, Kiss Myself Goodbye is both an enchanting personal memoir and a voyage into a vanished moral world©2020 Ferdinand Mount (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Europe Great Britain Women Feel-Good

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"Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page." (Hilary Mantel)

"Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original." (Hadley Freeman)
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Astounding life of a lady wrapped in lies. Her unbelievable web of untruths that ran through not only her life but the lives of the people around were totally due to her and seem impossible and unserstainable....but clearly not. A great read.

Amazing true story...

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Well read I enjoyed the narration well matched for the content.probably better to read rather than listen.only because there’s alot going on .
The drip fed style of each new piece of information Ferdinand gains adds to the intrigue.
And just when you thought the woman could hide nothing else the final hour bring more twists to an already very full love life.
Beautifully put to together book but a lot of information to get my head around .
so I’ve got the kindle book as well as the audiobook to refer back to.plus I wanted to see what they really looked like.

Intriguing snippets of the life of a fascinating woman wrapped in brilliant history lesson

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I loved to hear the story of this dysfunctional family and all its secrets !

Really interesting and wonderfully good

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I found this book captivating; as others have said perhaps the narrative does get a bit repetitive towards the end as things are viewed and re-viewed from different angles but I loved it. I also soon loved the narrator although he did take a tiny bit of getting used to. Highly recommend.

Absolutely engaged by this book

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An incredible story of fascinating people traced by the dogged investigations of the author whose gripping account is wonderfully narrated. Unreservedly recommended.

Brilliant

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