Home to Roost and other peckings Author:Deborah Devonshire "My father would not have wasted time reading - a trait I inherited from him." — The unmistakable voice of Deborah Devonshire the youngest of the Mitford sisters, rings out of this second volume of her occasional writings. — As broad and eclectic as her long and eventful life, the pieces range from a ringside view of John F. Kennedy's inauguration... more » and funeral, a valedictory for her local post office, the 1938 London season, Christmas at Chatsworth and the hazards of shopping for clothes when your eyesight is failing.« less