I looked and looked at my salad trying to guess what it was. When it could not be avoided anymore, I took a bite and it WAS tuna fish, marshmallows, walnuts pimento (just for the pretty color our hostess told us latter when she gave us the recipe), and chunks of pure white lettuce and boiled dressing…the other ladies shrieked “delicious” and “heavenly” and “so different” (that I could go along with).
pickThis was an interesting memoir. I was honestly surprised by how long ago it was written, because the author had a very modern, light, voice. But there were stunning moments of racism and domestic violence that were mentioned so casually that it was a little terrifying. So I couldn‘t begrudge anyone skipping this.
I recently picked up a copy of Onions in the Stew for a friend after seeing it on her TBR. I couldn‘t resist getting both of these for myself as well, since I‘ve heard great things about Anybody from a bookclub meeting, and I totally loved Mrs Piggle-Wiggle as a kid. ❤️📚
Trying real hard not to give into the temptation to finish Sense and Sensibility tonight (chapter a day plan officially fell apart this week), so opting for this last volume of MacDonald's memoirs.
#BiblioMAYnia #AMothersStory
This is an oldie but a goodie! Written by the author of The Egg and I and the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books, this is the story of raising her kids on an island in Puget Sound. I laughed out loud all the way through this book!
pickThis is the third memoir of MacDonald‘s that I have read. She is like comfort food for me. So funny and poignant! The audio is great!
pickI discovered this on Hoopla when I was looking for an audiobook not knowing anything about Betty MacDonald. This was her story of life with her family in the 1950s on the island of Vashon, located in the Puget Sound. She‘s very humorous and had many funny anecdotes of the trials and tribulations of living on the island and raising adolescents (which apparently involved a lot of cocktails and cigarettes back in the day).
Onions in the Stew | 
