Betty MacDonald
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.92 | 7945 Users | 826 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs #1) |
| Author | : | Betty MacDonald |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | 1992 by George Mann Books (first published October 3rd 1945) |
| Categories | : | Humor. Autobiography. Memoir. Nonfiction. Biography |
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When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall—through chaos and catastrophe—this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor. An immortal, hilarious and heartwarming classic about working a chicken farm in the Northwest, a part of which first appeared in a condensed serialization in the Atlantic monthly.Describe Books To The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs #1)
| Original Title: | The Egg and I |
| ISBN: | 0704102471 (ISBN13: 9780704102477) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Betty MacDonald Memoirs #1 |
| Setting: | Chimacum, Washington(United States) Washington (state)(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 7945 Users | 826 ReviewsWrite-Up Based On Books The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs #1)
I really had no idea what this book was but I knew it was old and I heard it was funny. When it arrived from the library, I saw that the copy was from the early 60's. It smelled musty and the pages were yellowed. The spine cracked when I opened it. Heaven. I had a feeling it would be wonderful and I was right.About midway through reading, I realized this is an autobiography about Betty MacDonald's life on a chicken farm in the state of Washington. That made all the stories even more laugh outThe author of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series also wrote several memoirs, this being the most famous. It's the book that introduced Ma and Pa Kettle to the world. Read through today's eyes, it's so horribly racist regarding Native Americans that I can't recommend it in my job, but it's a funny and warm book regardless. I guess that's like saying, "It's a great story, minus the Klan meetings"--it's not that bad, but I can't set the racism aside, and...I don't know. I can't imagine following my
Thought this was hysterical. Autobiographical account of living on an egg farm in a hill-billy part of Washington. NOT PC. Humor a little down on self sometimes, like Charlie Brown. Funny and interesting snapshot of life in the 1920/1930's in the back woods.
While the racism here is troubling, as others reviewing here have said, in this 1945 "light comedy" nonfiction, the sexism horrified me more. This is the bitterly funny (and not so funny) autobiography of a woman who has signed up for a form a marital slavery to a wannabe chicken farmer, in which the husband works her to exhaustion and insults her while doing so, and she increasingly accepts that as what she deserves/the best she can get, while displacing her unexpressed anger about it outward
I liked this book. It wasnt great literature, but it was enjoyable. And the author, Betty MacDonald, has a special warm place in my heart as the author of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books. Some of the other reviewers had commented on not liking her complaining about the neighbors, the homestead, the rancher lifestyle, and all I can say to that is I feel like maybe we werent reading the same book. The crap that she put up with in the (relatively) modern age was unbelievable to me. Living in a house
This is one of the most funniest and fascinating memoirs I have ever read. I want to add some quotes later on. This book is a must-read.THEN .... LATER ON ...We had a power cut yesterday and since my iPad was low on battery power as well, I did not want to spend it writing reviews. So I waited until today to add some memorable quotes from the book to my thoughts. There was so much in the book to relate to, living in the mountains myself and having to deal with similar adventures(yes, even many
There are books that stay with you all your life. My mother read this to my sisters and brother and I when we were sick with the flu in England in the early 50's. I believe I have read this book about 30 times. Betty Macdonald's early biography, she wasn't someone really famous, but she had a way with words. (the book is no where near as shallow and trivial as the movie of the same name with Claudette Colbert as a ridiculous woman dressed up at a county fair) Her description of how she ended up
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