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Kiss Myself Goodbye
- The Many Lives of Aunt Munca
- Narrated by: Paul Blezard
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Kiss Myself Goodbye by Ferdinand Mount, read by Paul Blezard.
Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2021
Aunt 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.
Kiss Myself Goodbye is both an enchanting personal memoir like the author’s best-selling Cold Cream, and a voyage into a vanished moral world. An unconventional tale of British social history told backwards, its cryptic and unforgettable protagonist Munca joins the ranks of memorable aunts in literature, from Dickens’ Betsy Trotwood to Graham Greene’s Aunt Augusta.
Critic reviews
"Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page." (Hilary Mantel)
"Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original." (Hadley Freeman)
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- Anon
- 21-11-21
Absolutely engaged by this book
I found this book captivating; as others have said perhaps the narrative does get a bit repetitive towards the end as things are viewed and re-viewed from different angles but I loved it. I also soon loved the narrator although he did take a tiny bit of getting used to. Highly recommend.
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- Demelza Harris
- 08-10-23
Intriguing snippets of the life of a fascinating woman wrapped in brilliant history lesson
Well read I enjoyed the narration well matched for the content.probably better to read rather than listen.only because there’s alot going on .
The drip fed style of each new piece of information Ferdinand gains adds to the intrigue.
And just when you thought the woman could hide nothing else the final hour bring more twists to an already very full love life.
Beautifully put to together book but a lot of information to get my head around .
so I’ve got the kindle book as well as the audiobook to refer back to.plus I wanted to see what they really looked like.
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- Shaftesbury
- 07-01-21
Brilliant
Extraordinary story brilliantly written and beautifully read. Loved every minute of it. Didn’t want it to end.
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- Sandra Johnson
- 05-08-21
fantastic book
what a lot of family skeletons discovered ! Found tt riveting listened in amazement,
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- CATRIONA SYME
- 18-08-21
A well written funny and interesting book
Real lives are so often arranged than fiction. Certainly true of this family story. Well worth reading.
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- nellelou
- 15-05-21
Really interesting and wonderfully good
I loved to hear the story of this dysfunctional family and all its secrets !
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- Book Groupie
- 02-11-20
Magnificent family story/detective work
Ferdinand Mount’s aunt reinvented herself several times over her life. Excellent! Beautifully read and performed
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- Bobbygoldsmiths
- 22-08-21
Incredible!
Wowsers! My favourite audible book to date. Unbelievable twists and turns as the truth about Munca's incredible life is uncovered! Beautifully read, I can't recommend this book highly enough! I won't say another thing for fear of spoiling it for you!!
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- Gabrielle Harvey-Jones
- 26-06-21
A real ‘must read’!
It really shouldn’t have been funny, but somehow was! Wonderfully written and perfectly performed -at least I was warned when reviewers said there were ‘twists on every page’! Definitely not a book to have burbling on in the background - concentration needed in order to keep things grimly straight!
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- Misd
- 13-05-21
Excellent read
Excellent read couldn’t stop listening to the twist and turns in Munca’s life.
Strongly recommend this book takes you back in time and shows how different and tough life was.
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