My first pregnancy ended in miscarriage and that was bad enough, I can’t imagine how she must have felt or how she managed to cope with it all. Three of her children survived but another three died within hours of their birth and she also suffered a miscarriage. It’s a book with plenty of funny moments in it but there’s lots of sadness too and when Deborah Devonshire relates the history of her many pregnancies it’s really heartbreaking. But, we can’t all be duchesses and all hasn’t been as wonderful as her life seemed on the surface. That’s where the resemblence ends though and it’s easy to feel envious of someone who has had such a full and seemingly charmed life. I’ve always felt a sort of affinity with Debo Mitford just because I know how it feels to be the youngest in a large family and have a mother who wanted boys, as my mother did too. In fact it was fascinating and it’s a must read for anyone interested in the Mitfords or even 20th century Britain. I was told that I would enjoy this autobiography, and I did.
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