- Taschenbuch: 256 Seiten
- Verlag: Joiner/Oriel Inc (August 2000)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1888173300
- ISBN-13: 978-1888173307
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,2 x 17,2 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.307.246 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Life on an island in Puget Sound, off Seattle.
In Onions in the Stew, MacDonald is in unbuttonedly frolicsome form as she describes how, with husband and daughters, she set to work making a life on a rough-and-tumble island in Puget Sound, a ferry-ride from Seattle. From the author of The Egg and I, three flavorful and very funny American classics, The Plague and I, Anybody Can Do Anything and Onions in the Stew.
In Onions in the Stew, MacDonald is in unbuttonedly frolicsome form as she describes how, with husband and daughters, she set to work making a life on a rough-and-tumble island in Puget Sound, a ferry-ride from Seattle. From the author of The Egg and I, three flavorful and very funny American classics, The Plague and I, Anybody Can Do Anything and Onions in the Stew.
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I just happened to look this book up for the heck of it, as it was the first non-fiction book I remember reading years ago as a child. Imagine my surprise to see it was being re-issued! "Onions In The Stew" is just a delightful book about a great family living on Puget Sound during the war. I read it over and over and over until my copy just fell apart. I have often wondered over the years just what the island those people lived on looks like today, it sounded like a beach-y heaven to me. Today I suppose it's paradise paved over with million dollar condos, pricey strip malls, and Starbucks. I recommend this book, it is a warm and witty slice of life that is no more. (Also read the author's other books, they are all good!)
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Unjustly forgotten-hysterically funny!
20. April 2000
Format:Taschenbuch
Most readers remember Betty MacDonald for her most famous title, "The Egg and I", or her charming children's series, the Mrs. Piggle-wiggle books. I had never heard of her when I read "Onions In the Stew" 25 years ago, and now that's it's coming back into print, it deserves re-discovery. I defy anyone to get through the first chapter without laughing out loud. I'm loathe to describe Mac Donald as "in the Erma Bombeck mold"-as Betty is MUCH wittier-and also warmer. "Onions In the Stew" is thirty-something Betty's account of life during WW2 with one husband, two adolescent daughters, and many, many assorted pets, neighbors, unwanted guests,et al on an island in Washington's Puget Sound. No sentimentality, loads of wry observation, and some touching, quite beautiful descriptions of what was then wild island life. You'll finish the book wanting to visit Vashon Island, and feeling like Betty's the best friend you've never met.
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Hilarious
18. Dezember 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
Betty's greatest talent was for describing situations that are quite banal, even rather troublesome, in a totally hilarious fashion. The situations are all the funnier for the reader's realisation that, in other hands, they could have been described as a tale of woe - where, in Betty's hands, they are delightful.
Financial crunches, months of futile searching for a residence, the adjustment of Betty and her children to a life with a new husband and stepfather (whose attitudes are quite different from those of a carefree Bard), living on an island where there are too many visitors and far too little accessibility for daily work and school, a beautiful neighbour's having her eyes on one's husband - these could have been the stuff of whining or dreary "self-help" attitudes. Betty is far from sentimental, totally honest, yet approaches all from a highly positive attitude that nearly makes one envious. This book is also a fine reminder to today's concerned parents that having adolescent children was no joy ride, even 60 years ago.
My only criticism of Betty's writing is that, in her descriptions, she did not know when to stop. For example, her description of Vashon Island is engaging for the first two paragraphs, but rather excessive when it runs to several pages.
This is easily one of the funniest, and most honest, books I have ever read - and read I do, again and again, always finding it a refreshing treat.
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It's so funny, witty and wise
9. Juli 2001
Format:Taschenbuch
Betty MacDonald's books are all funny, witty and wise.
But Onions in the Stew is the favorite book of the Betty Fans worldwide. Why? She described family life on Vashon Island with husband Don and daughters Anne and Joan in an unique way. You can read it over and over again and you'll enjoy the everyday life of this wonderful family. There are several snakes in Betty's paradise, snowstorms, adolescence, a beautiful neighbor, who is very interested in Betty's husband and many, many guests and so much more but it's such a delight to read these stories and you can laugh out loud. No wonder that there is a Betty MacDonald Society and a Fan Club with so many fans world wide. Her books are classics - never dated at all.
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