Deceived with Kindness by Bloomsbury baby Angelica Garnett

This promised to be a behind-the-scenes read about the ins and outs of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and all the Bloomsbury set, as seen from a young girl's perspective. Unfortunately, the best part of the book was the back cover description - and I quote so you may enjoy - "Her poignant memoir tells what it was like to have had such a childhood, in an intricate menage of family, lovers, and friends, presided over by the majestic Vanessa." It would have been nice, no? In the end, most material doesn't give any anecdotal sense of life with those folk, during those times. Back again to the back cover for some real reading pleasure, I misread what was described as a "... courageous analysis..." as a "courteous analysis". In this case I think my eyes were trying to undeceive me. To avid history/art/biography/autobiography gossip-mongers:Don't bother with this one, even though it's possible to...

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