Around the World With Auntie Mame : A Novel (Paperback)

from etxgardener

Cashing in on the popularity of his original book, Patrick Dennis wrote thsi sequel in 1958 that covers in flashback the trip abroad he young Patrick Dennis took with his aunt after his somewhat precipitous departure from St. Boniface Academy. Covering the pair's adventures in Paris, London, Veni...

from MrsLee

This did not have the same kick as the first book. It was jaded and cynical at the beginning and even though some of his memories of his travels with Mame were amusing, it did not have the sparkle. I couldn't get past the fact that these two parents had let their small child go away with this wom...

from bensdad00

Along with its predecessor Auntie Mame, this book serves not only as a window into the realities of Pre WWII travel, it also acts as a rather pointed reminder of the old adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same'. the characters are just as fresh as they were when first written ov...

from antao

Such a witty and sparkling prose!A greatly enjoyable and captivating reading! Auntie Mame is such a brilliant and sophisticated Lady and such a sweet and loving aunt (but nothing conventional ...) that nobody will resist her! Set in the '30s and '40s and '50s, it hasn't lost at all its sparkling ...

from richardderus

Oh dear, oh dear, however shall I survive? There is no more Auntie Mame-age available, nor ever shall be, since Dennis is dead these 35 years. The sequel to Auntie Mame appeared in 1958, and was published of the pieces that didn't fit the original frame of "My Most Unforgettable Character." (Reme...