Yiddish with George and Laura
by By Ruppert, Larry, Davilman, Barbara, and Ruppert, Larry (ILT)
Category: Humor , Form , Parodies

What do George and Laura Bush have in common with Dick and Jane? Well, both hail from prototypical WASP families. And, perhaps more to the point, both exhibit a natural resistance to moral complexity (i.e., reality).That's the premise of this hilarious new primer-style book in which George, Laura, and the entire Bush family communicate with uncharacteristic expressiveness, conveying shades of of feeling and nuances of meaning that plain old English can't deliver--by peppering their conversatuon with Yiddishisms.See George's mother.Her name is Bar.She wears a lot of pearls and is a farbisseneh."You are late, George," Bar says."Of course I am late," George says."I am the President of the United States.I am a big macher."Like all good primers, YIDDISH WITH GEORGE AND LAURA tells a simple story--and, in the end, important life lessons are imparted.