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title: "Onions in the Stew"
brand: "betty macdonald"
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# Onions in the Stew

**Brand:** betty macdonald
**Price:** Rp788075
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Onions in the Stew by betty macdonald
- **How much does it cost?** Rp788075 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Great escape, lots of laughs, well written!
  

*by K***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 6, 2020*

Humorist Betty MacDonald tells the tale of her second husband Bob and her two young daughters as they establish themselves in their dream home on Vachon Island, southwest of Seattle. Set during World War II and written in 1954, the book is full of colorful local characters and atmospheric moments. As the years pass, the daughters grow up, the couple retires, and the garden plants continue to grow to unbelievable heights.A big fan of hyperbole, MacDonald turns everyday moments into full-blown comedy routines. It’s doubtful that her dwarf flowering buddleia, which was guaranteed to stop growing at 30 inches high, actually does grow to be 20 feet tall with 8 inch blossoms and a million seedling plants in a 100 foot radius, but for the price of another good laugh, it really doesn’t matter.Her husband, who had a presumably comfortable position with Boeing, supported her efforts to become a writer. She paints a portrait of the family’s life on the island, bound by the schedule of the ferry and the obligations which go along with a certain level of self-sufficiency. “The snow, no lights, no road, the terrible telephone service, getting enough wood, walking the trail ... gardening, cooking, eating, the beach, clams, knitting, driftwood, reading, and living on an island.“ With a nod to the book’s title, food plays a key role. The author offers methods for preparing mushrooms and a variety of clams, crabs, and other seafood along the shore, all free for the taking.Neighbors, visitors and overnight guests all have places in the book as do the local handymen, the family pets, and a variety of wildlife which co-exist on their waterfront property. A timely note of caution here. Due to the novel’s timeframe, there are a handful of cringeworthy racist comments regarding a slow “colored” plumber, a Japanese pet-sitting couple, one of whom is an incompetent housekeeper, and an Estonian woman who speaks only one word of English.The book is a folksy memoir of a simpler time in a remote place with a healthy dose of lighthearted scenarios.

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    Live on an island, fascinating to know what people had to go through, back then!
  

*by C***B on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2019*

This was my favorite of three books that I read by the same author.  Certainly much more funny than, The Plauge and I, which was written about a near year long stay in a Santorum for those with Tuberculosis, although the latter did have some humorous parts.  If you'd enjoy a blast from the past, you might want to try this book!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Carefree island life
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 31, 2020*

This book was first published in 1955 and while it is very much of that time it is still laugh out loud funny.  The author decided to marry rather impulsively, despite being a single parent with two daughters.  Due to the housing shortage in Seattle (the book begins during WWII) the couple decide to purchase a cottage on Vashon Island and commute by ferry each day into their jobs in the city.  That their new home is essentially a summer cottage that was never intended for year round living, that has no road requiring everyone to hike along the beach or along a trail to get to anywhere what could possibly go wrong?  Apparently everything, ranging from malfunctioning septic systems, flame throwing washing machines, overly affectionate neighbors, disappearing maintenance men and as an added bonus - two girls just entering their teens.The author rises to all these challenges and more with never failing optimism and a never ending sense of humor.  The stories are all based on actual incidents in the author's life, ones that she did manage to survive.  You will not be able to get through this book without laughing out loud.

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