More Was Lost

"MORE WAS LOST reads more delightfully than fiction...perceptive, sensitive, the book is full of anecdotes, glimpses of semi-feudal life, and vignettes of the friends and relatives with whom the Perenyis passed their days." NEW YORK TIMES The author of the gardening classic GREEN THOUGHTS turns to her own past for this enjoyable book. A captivating cast of characters as entertaining as any found in storybooks gives us an inside look at a now bygone age. She writes about her marriage to a Hungarian baron, their life on a Ruthenian estate, and the devastating effects of World War II on their family and friends. Lucid, crisp, and unpretentious, MORE WAS LOST is a joy to read.