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Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me | Mimi Pond
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Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford Sisters Born with pedigrees but without the pocketbooks to match, The Mitfords were certainly no strangers to lies, intrigue, or scandal. Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica, and Deborah. All six sisters were weaned on their familys well-documented upper class eccentricities: a neer do well would-be entrepreneur father; a stern, stiff-upper-lipped mother; a revolving door of governesses of varying propriety, all against the backdrop of a crumbling estate falling into disrepair. The sisters grew from cloistered turn-of-the-century country girls into debutantes who would marry into political influencefor better or worse. Is it any wonder that a young, working class Mimi in Southern California becomes enamored with The Mitfords downright fanciful rich-and-famous lifestyle? This charming, inventively cartooned, and lovingly researched biography captures the dramatic, over-the-top antics of high societys strongest personalities as they rubbed elbows with some of historys most infamous fascists and communists. Ponds genius for classic cartooning in the vein of the Vanity Fair caricature and the satirical illustrations of Charles Addams brings the aesthetic decadence of the 1920s and 30s to life with effortless aplomb, warts and all.
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I just received this graphic biography of the Mitford sisters as a belated birthday gift from my family … and it‘s AMAZING.

BookishMarginalia I must have this in my life! 2d
Tamra Happy for you! 😃👏🏾 2d
quietjenn I have this checked out from the library! 2d
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rubyslippersreads I need this! 2d
LeahBergen @BookishMarginalia Hey!! You‘re back!! Hello, old friend! ❤️ 2d
LeahBergen @quietjenn Isn‘t it quirky and lovely?? 2d
mrp27 I‘m patiently waiting for my Libby hold to come in but I‘m thinking I might to own this one. (edited) 2d
CarolynM A must for my library too! Stacked 🙂 2d
LeahBergen @mrp27 It‘s a really nice physical book! 2d
LeahBergen @CarolynM I think you‘ll love it, too! 2d
Cathythoughts It‘s gorgeous Leah 💙 2d
LeahBergen @Cathythoughts I was thrilled! 2d
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