All in One Basket

All in One Basket

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<p>In her beguiling memoir, <i>Wait for Me!</i>, Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire (and the youngest of the famously witty brood of writers, agitators, and icons), recounted her eventful life with wit and grace. <i>All in One Basket</i> collects the Duchess of Devonshire's breezy, occasional writings and provides a disarming look at a life lived with great zest and originality.<br><i></i><br><i>All in One Basket</i> combines two earlier collections, <i>Counting My Chickens </i>and <i>Home to Roost</i>, its sequel, which was never published in the United States. In these pages, we hear anecdotes about famous friends from Evelyn Waugh to John F. Kennedy; tales of struggle and success at Chatsworth, England's greatest stately home; and of course the tales of her beloved chickens, which the Duchess began raising as a child for pocket money. In <i>All in One Basket</i>, glamorous recollections happily coexist with practical insights into country life, and the result is a revelatory, intimate portrait of a woman described by <i>The New York Times</i> as a "national treasure."</p>