{"product_id":"kiss-myself-goodbye-ferdinand-mount-9781472991980","title":"Kiss Myself Goodbye: The Many Lives of Aunt Munca","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ferdinand Mount\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472991982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472991980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Ferdinand Mount","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044807864575,"sku":"9781472991980","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2255cef2-413a-47d1-a811-52da229f14de.jpg?v=1684975009","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kiss-myself-goodbye-ferdinand-mount-9781472991980","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}