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Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford by ed. Peter Y, Sussman

July 23, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo pride Decca, AKA Jessica Mitford, was one of the younger of the six notorious Mitford sisters.  Their parents, a pair of very conservative British aristocrats, raised quite a brood.  There was also a son, but he does not factor much into the account.  Her mother decided that girls had no need for schooling (the boy, of course, went to college), and only allowed them to learn to read.  But that’s all it took.  They came into adulthood in the 1930s, and the oldest, Nancy […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: British aristocratic families, cbr16bingo pride, civil rights, Clarence Thomas what?, ed. Peter Y, Sussman, labor movements, letter collection, Loooong read, Seriously messed up families

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:24 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: British aristocratic families, cbr16bingo pride, civil rights, Clarence Thomas what?, ed. Peter Y, Sussman, labor movements, letter collection, Loooong read, Seriously messed up families ·
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