{"product_id":"kiss-myself-goodbye-the-many-lives-of-aunt-munca-paperback","title":"Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' \u003c\/b\u003e- Hilary Mantel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDelightfully compulsive and unforgettably original'\u003c\/b\u003e - Hadley Freeman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful, funny and wise'\u003c\/b\u003e - Kate Summerscale \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAunt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unconventional tale of British social history told backwards, now published with new material discovered by the author about his eccentric aunt, \u003ci\u003eKiss Myself Goodbye \u003c\/i\u003eis both an enchanting personal memoir and a voyage into a vanished moral world\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFerdinand Mount\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, essayist and former editor of the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement \u003c\/i\u003efrom 1991 to 2002. He was previously head of the Number Ten Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher. As a journalist, he has contributed regular columns to the \u003ci\u003eSpectator, Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times. \u003c\/i\u003eHis novel \u003ci\u003eOf Love and Asthma, \u003c\/i\u003epart of a six-volume series, \u003ci\u003eA Chronicle of Modern Twilight, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Hawthornden Prize in 1992. He lives in North London with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767763337504,"sku":"9781472991980","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b660af351cf5ae9541a89ef38f4172b.webp?v=1780316867","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kiss-myself-goodbye-the-many-lives-of-aunt-munca-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}