Irrepressible : The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford (Hardcover)

from NewsieQ

Biographies of writers, editors, publishers and journalists are among my favorite reads. Many of those folks, especially the publishers, wind up going a little crazy - power hungry, reclusive, quite alone at the end of their lives. Jessica Mitford (1917-1996) was one who didn't. She was always a ...

from Jaylia3

A welcome book, long overdue. Besides her own memoirs, which are limited in scope, we could only catch glimpses of Jessica in earlier books that are more about her sisters. Jessica is fascinating, a droll gadfly and jester who used her wits and endless energy to promote civil rights, uncover corr...

from gayla.bassham

Thoroughly enjoyable, particularly if you have a fascination with the Mitford sisters (as I do).

from kerns222

A lightweight, sympathetic, admiring bio. Easy to read. Easy to digest. Not much in the way of complications, ambiguities, and confusions of real life. But an easy entry into the life on the left in the UK in the 30s, in the US in the 40/5os/60s... A taste of peerage life. With walk-ins by all th...

from DanaBurgess

Confession time - before I was introduced to this book, I had no idea who Jessica Mitford was. Having read the book, I am sad I have spent so long without knowing her. What an interesting, energetic and involved character she was! Leslie Brody has done an amazing job of capturing Jessica (or Decc...