“Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page.” – Hilary Mantel, author of the Wolf Hall Trilogy

“Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original.” – Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a Twentieth-Century Jewish Family

“Extraordinary … shed[s] a brilliant light on the strangeness of people's lives, the need for disguise and masquerade, the shame that drives people to act in the most peculiar ways, the ghosts that reside, unburied, within us.” – Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday

“Wonderful, funny and wise” – Kate Summerscale, author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

“Delicious … As well as an ear for the cadences of a sentence, Mount has a remarkable ability to convey the feeling of place.” – The Oldie

“Mount is one of our finest prose stylists and Kiss Myself Goodbye is a witty, moving and beautifully crafted account of one woman's determination to live to the full.” – Daily Telegraph

“An extraordinary book” – Tatler

“Unique and immensely enjoyable. I only wish it were longer.” – Spectator

“Kiss Myself Goodbye is a work of beauty. The simple truthfulness of Ferdinand Mount's storytelling is irresistible.” – Literary Review