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  • Paperback: 768 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix; New edition edition (17 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0753822296
  • ISBN-13: 978-0753822296
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Decca; The Letters of Jessica Mitford., 17 April 2007
By Mr. Adrian J. Gardner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford (Hardcover)
Jessica, known in the family as Decca, was the fifth daughter of Lord and Lady Redesdale and one of the Mitford sisters whose lives have become the stuff of legend.From an early age she rebelled against her life of privilege and at a young age eloped with her cousin Esmond Romilly to join the republican faction then fighting in the Spanish Civil War.The couple eventually moved to America where they lived a hand to mouth existence rather shamelessly using privileged contacts there to get by.At the outbreak of WW2, Esmond joined the Canadian Air Force but was lost during an aircraft sortie.Decca eventually moved to California where she met and married a left wing lawyer Bob Treuhaft by whom she had three children in addition to her surviving daughter from her first marriage.The couple were both members of the Communist Party but eventually left.
The letters in this book cover her very early years up to her death and show her to have been a fearless campaigner for left wing causes often overcoming her targets through her corruscating wit as much as through the courts of law.She proved herself to be an investigative journalist of some genius, her most famous book being 'The American Way of Death' by which she almost single handedly detroyed the cant surrounding the American funeral industry.
This is a long book but a total page turner and even when writing about people and subjects unknown to me kept me enthralled.However, I found the letters she exchanged with her sisters the more interesting reflecting her ambivalent attitude towards her English family.
These are wonderful letters from a woman who faced life without fear and I found the ones she wrote when she knew she was dying particularly moving.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful, 29 Nov 2007
I bought this book on the basis of the comments on the cover, during a browse through the '3 for 2' offers in Waterstones. I'd heard of the Mitford sisters of course, and assumed they all leant very firmly to the right. I certainly wasn't aware of Jessica (Decca), who was a member of the communist party for a number of years.

This collection of Decca's letters is an absolute delight, starting from her young days and her elopement with Esmond Romilly, right through to her death in 1996. The overall feeling you get is that she was a tremendous character, full of fun, who delighted in gossip with her friends and family. The book is over 700 pages, but don't let that put you off. It's great bed-time reading as you can read as many or as few of the letters as you like. I have already added her book 'Hons and Rebels' to my Christmas list. My favourite book this year.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyable, 15 Jan 2008
By Mr. R. D. M. Kirby "Dick Kirby" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
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Any book containing letters written by any of the Mitford family are well worth reading and this one, skilfully edited by Peter Y. Sussman is no exception.

Most of the Mitford sisters (with the exception of the Duchess of Devonshire) had very strong views - and often ones which were diametrically opposed to their siblings - which led (in Mitford-speak) to talkers and non-talkers, speakers and non-speakers between the family.

Decca - Jessica Mitford - certainly possessed the most intractable views, especially on those whom she referred to as `Negroes' - one incredible reference was made by her in respect of the OJ Simpson murder trial, in which she felt that he was guilty of the charge but welcomed the verdict, saying, `serves the cops right'.

But irrespective of what anybody feels about her politics, these letters are terrifically well-written and (for the most part) enormously funny. Because so many family members and friends are referred to by often obscure nicknames, Mr. Sussman has thoughtfully directed the reader's attention to the real identity of the recipient of the letters, which is very helpful - so many editors of letters, don't.

A thoroughly enjoyable book and well recommended.
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