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Kiss Myself Goodbye

The Many Lives of Aunt Munca

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Kiss Myself Goodbye

By: Ferdinand Mount
Narrated by: Paul Blezard
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About this listen

 Bloomsbury presents Kiss Myself Goodbye by Ferdinand Mount, read by Paul Blezard.

'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' – Hilary Mantel

'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' – Hadley Freeman

‘Wonderful, funny and wise’ – Kate Summerscale

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021
A SUNDAY TIMES, TLS, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

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.

An unconventional tale of British social history told backwards, now published with new material discovered by the author about his eccentric aunt, Kiss Myself Goodbye is both an enchanting personal memoir and a voyage into a vanished moral world©2020 Ferdinand Mount (P)2020 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Europe Great Britain Women Feel-Good

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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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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.

Intriguing snippets of the life of a fascinating woman wrapped in brilliant history lesson

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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.

Absolutely engaged by this book

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Simply days in a life…all the naughtiness Aunt Munca gets up too..bough as a BOGOF. Well narrated.

Lively

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I thought this was an excellent performance. I could easily have been persuaded Paul Blezard was Ferdy Mount.

Narration

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This is an amazing story and apart from a family story gives a fascinating insight into social history. It is also beautifully read-highly recommend

Amazing story and wonderful narration

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By far the best book I've read this year - I tore through it in a single day and loved every moment. It traces F. Mount's relationship with his aunt by marriage Betty/Munca and her family and the revelations that later lead him to start investigating her life. The result is a gripping tale of deception and serials reinvention which pulls no punches when it comes to the consequences of lifelong lies.

Who Do You Think You Are on acid

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This is the most amazing account of Ferdinand Mount's Aunt Munca's rackety life. It could never happen in this digital age where our every move is noted. Brilliantly read, I loved it

Unbelievable saga

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Enjoyed it but found you really need to concentrate or its easy to get lost, loads of twists and turns and characters but an amazing story of a unbelievable life. Definitely not a background listen.

CONCENTRATE

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A thoroughly interesting listen to the life of a truly fascinating woman and her family.

Thoroughly interesting book

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Funny, sad, appalling, weird and incredible by turns. It a must listen. I needed a pad and pencil to keep track of the machinations of Munca but it was worth the struggle.

Wonderful

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