Mango and Mimosa: A Memoir of Early Life | 
A family of three British children being brought up in the wild jungle of Malaysia by a Swiss nanny. They go back and forth from the French countryside where they stomp grapes and make wine to put into the barrels in the cellar. Delightfully eccentric and adventurous, it‘s a lovely read.
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LeahBergen I have this one, too! Did you end up ordering the Ernest Shepard set? 6y
Aimeesue @LeahBergen I just ordered it! I was waiting for my mileage check to come in from work. 😄 6y
catebutler I have this one on my shelf, your description makes me want to pick it up ASAP! Slightly Foxed is one of my favourite publishers. I was so happy to see this pop up on my feed. 6y
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Aimeesue @catebutler It‘s lovely. And then sort of horrifying by turns, as living in the jungle with man-eating crocodiles, scorpions, poisonous caterpillars, tigers and pythons is apt to be. SF books are just gorgeous objects, in and of themselves. 6y
batsy Sounds fascinating! Not least for the Malaysian setting 🙂 6y
Aimeesue @batsy It certainly is! The contrast between France/Malaysia and the attempts at “upholding” standards in a context that is completely inhospitable to doing so is something to behold. There‘s kind of a G. Durrell My Family and Other Animals vibe about it, too. 6y
batsy Sounds really good. And the Durell is another book that's been in my TBR for far too long! 6y
