ALL IN ONE BASKET

This volume contains Debo Devonshire's two bestselling collections of writing, Home to Roost and Counting My Chickens. The youngest Mitford sister's journalism shows her customary wit and eye for the absurd. The pieces are broad and eclectic in their subjects, ranging from treasures unearthed while the kitchen was being redecorated, musings about the reason for the reworded town sign, tourism at Chatsworth, a ringside view of both John F. Kennedy's inauguration and funeral, and the value of deportment. No matter what she's writing about she is always affectionate, shrewd and uproariously funny.