Review | Nonfiction Review: Book tells the wild story of the ‘Outrageous!’ sisters’ mom Chris Hewitt The Minnesota Star Tribune Mar 22, 2026 Mar 22, 2026 0 "Muv"By Rachel TretheweyPegasus Books, 272 pages, $29.95 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chris Hewitt The Minnesota Star Tribune Pop culture is having a Mitfordmania era.kAm%96 |:E7@C5 72>:=J[ >:546?EFCJ qC:E:D9 DH6==D H9@ 249:6G65 G2C:@FD =6G6=D @7 ?@E@C:6EJ[ 92G6 366? E96 DF3;64E @7 D6G6C2= C646?E 9:ED] #6=62D65 =2E6 =2DE J62C[ |:>: !@?5’D 8C2A9:4 ?@G6=[ “s@ p5>:E[” H2D 23@FE 3@E9 E96 6446?EC:4 72>:=J 2?5 !@?5’D @3D6DD:@? H:E9 E96>] %96C6’D 2=D@ “%96 $:I[” 2 a_`f 3:@8C2A9J @7 D:DE6CD H9@ 42>6 @7 286 :? E96 `hc_D] $EC62>:?8 %' D6C:6D “~FEC286@FDP” :D 23@FE E96 D:I 6446?EC:4 D:DE6CD[ EH@ @7 H9@> 8C6H FA E@ 364@>6 36DED6==:?8 2FE9@CD Wy6DD:42 HC@E6 “%96 p>6C:42? 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