2008 is the centenary of the birth of Betty MacDonald, a forthright and humourous author from the Pacific Northwest. What is prompting me to write about her is that I have just been listening to a radio programme on the BBC. Lynne Truss, the author of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, put together this 30 minute broadcast about Betty and her books.
On one of my recent visits to Seattle I spotted Betty MacDonald’s book The Egg and I in a 2nd hand book store - readers of this blog know how much I enjoy roaming about in 2nd hand book stores! The Egg and I, a book I read many years ago. It was written in the 1940’s and I read it a few years later. On rereading it now in 2007/08 I enjoyed it just as much as I did all those years ago. Her approach to life is so positive and very humourous. And Lynne Truss has put together a radio programme which has re-enforced my pleasure in reading the book.
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