num_pages: 288
description: 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 pitfallâ€”through chaos and catastropheâ€”this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor. A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier.
language: English
title: The Egg and I
titlecomplete: The Egg and I (Betty MacDonald Memoirs, #1)
genres: Biography, Comedy, Classics, Autobiography, Nonfiction, Adult, History, Memoir, Humor, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 9275
places: Washington (state), Chimacum, Washington
series: Betty MacDonald Memoirs
publisher: George Mann Books