A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations by Juliet Nicolson
It has been a race to the end of March to try and get all of my March reads in, and I'm just one shy. I can't find the energy to finish that book, so I'll talk about that DNF in my next post. I was picking up a book at the library earlier this month, when I happened to see this in the new releases. Curiosity had me flipping it open, and just a few minutes later I was adding it to my check out pile. I'm so glad I saw this, because it was such a tremendously satisfying memoir. And I finally learned something about Vita Sackville-West. Juliet Nicolson is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West, and the daughter of Nigel Nicolson, who was a well respected British politician, lecturer, author, and guardian of Sissinghurst , his mother's beautiful country home famous for its gardens. You can visit and tour the buildings, extensive gardens, and spend the day wandering in a stunning bit of English countryside. I've heard of Sissinghurst, and saw...