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Onions in the Stew
About this book
The beloved memoirist recounts the unexpected charms and trials of family life on an island in the Puget Sound in this delightfully witty memoir.
Betty MacDonald first regaled readers with tales of her floundering chicken farm in her 1945 memoir, The Egg and I. As she continued to share her "painfully, barkingly funny" stories of divorce, motherhood, tuberculosis, and other light subjects, MacDonald established herself as one of the great chroniclers of 20th century life in the Pacific Northwest ( The Guardian, UK).
In Onions in the Stew, MacDonald's fourth and final memoir, she recounts the twelve years she and her family spent on the rough-and-tumble shores of Vashon Island in the Puget Sound, just a ferry ride away from Seattle. Writing in her signature styleâ"the tongue is still sharp for a ludicrous situation, a personality quirk and a self-turned jibe"âshe tells of making a home despite terrible winters, perilous commutes to the mainland, less-than-loveable neighbors, and two daughters undergoingâyet somehow ultimately survivingâadolescence ( Kirkus, starred review).
Betty MacDonald first regaled readers with tales of her floundering chicken farm in her 1945 memoir, The Egg and I. As she continued to share her "painfully, barkingly funny" stories of divorce, motherhood, tuberculosis, and other light subjects, MacDonald established herself as one of the great chroniclers of 20th century life in the Pacific Northwest ( The Guardian, UK).
In Onions in the Stew, MacDonald's fourth and final memoir, she recounts the twelve years she and her family spent on the rough-and-tumble shores of Vashon Island in the Puget Sound, just a ferry ride away from Seattle. Writing in her signature styleâ"the tongue is still sharp for a ludicrous situation, a personality quirk and a self-turned jibe"âshe tells of making a home despite terrible winters, perilous commutes to the mainland, less-than-loveable neighbors, and two daughters undergoingâyet somehow ultimately survivingâadolescence ( Kirkus, starred review).
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- I: No Money and No Furniture
- II: Owner Desperate
- III: Two Million if by Sea
- IV: Life as Usual in a Very Unusual Setting
- V: God Is the Boss
- VI: We Made It Ourselves
- VII: The Problem Is to Hold It Back
- VIII: Cirripeds Not Wanted
- IX: Other Friends and Enemies
- X: Master of None
- XI: Bringing in the Sheaves
- XII: Triple That Recipe
- XIII: Why Donât You Just Relax, Betty?
- XIV: Advice, Anybody?
- XV: Adolescence, or Please Keep Imogene Until She Is Thirty
- XVI: Onions in the Stew
- About the Author
- Also by Betty MacDonald
- Copyright
- About the Publisher