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[betsuni]

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[Lindsay]

1. My father was a fan

of Betty MacDonald's writing, so we had a hard-back copy of "The Egg and I" and I read it several times when I was a kid. The book is still on my shelf, but it's been a good many years since I last read it.

Not about food but an even more interesting book was "The Plague and I", about her time in a tuberculosis sanitarium. You wouldn't think so from the subject matter, but a very funny book.

Thanks for the memories!

[betsuni]

2. You're welcome!

"The Plague and I" is the only one of Betty's books I don't have. I'll quote from "Onions in the Stew" tomorrow.

[bobbieinok]

3. When she lives on island on coast of WA?

[betsuni]

4. Vashon Island in Puget Sound, with second husband and no more chickens.

[bobbieinok]

5. Read that book years sgo

I think gutenberg.org is where I recently found it to read again. A fun book.

[bobbieinok]

6. Ĺoved movie 'The Egg and I.'

Ì saw the movie when I was a kid. I think
Ma and Pa Kettle were in it. Tried to read
the book but did not like it as well as the
Vashon one.