The Egg and I

This novel is one of a pretty dated genre...before there was chick lit,there was the light, comic, memoir. MacDonald's story was a bestseller in its day and the basis of a movie starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. My favorite passages are the ones that describe the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. My least favorite are the racist accounts of local Native Americans. Worth...more

This novel is one of a pretty dated genre...before there was chick lit,there was the light, comic, memoir. MacDonald's story was a bestseller in its day and the basis of a movie starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. My favorite passages are the ones that describe the bounty of the Pacific Northwest. My least favorite are the racist accounts of local Native Americans. Worth reading as a period piece.   hide

Betty MacDonald writes of her early married life living on a chicken farm. Very, very funny.

one of my special favourites......

This is my favorite. I laugh out loud every time I read it, which is about every six months.

Love love loved this book. Written in the 30's helped put things in perspective as to what my Grandmother might have encountered living here in the Puget Sound area. A must read for Washington "Natives".

Neat perspective on the "simple" life.

Such a funny book. This is my Mom's favorite book and is one of mine.

very funny one

Very very funny!