Muv: The Story of the Mitford Girls' Mother
Trethewey succeeds in adding illuminating background to the plethora of existing books (and a recent television series) dedicated to detailing the antics of the controversial, quirky siblings ... At times, it’s a conflicting stew of information, and the author is admirably adept at piecing the story together ... As a biographer, Trethewey maintains both distance and compassion.
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Clear-eyed.
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The most appealing thing about Muv is its nuanced portrayal of its troubling subject ... Tretheway’s interpretation seems like the closest we’ll get to what Muv was like ... It’s defensible to lean on the daughters’ published material but I wish Trethewey were more circumspect in how she uses it ... The book is a welcome corrective to the blame-mom-for-everything syndrome it would be easy to fall into with the Mitfords.
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