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200 1. $a Looking for Betty MacDonald $b Texte imprimé $e the egg, the plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I $f Paula Becker
210 .. $a Seattle (Wash.) $c University of Washington press $d 2016
215 .. $a 1 vol. (XX-242-[38] p. de pl. $c ill. $d 23 cm
300 .. $a Includes bibliographical references and index
327 1. $a Note to readers ; Prologue: the house and I ; The richest hill on Earth ; A twist
of fate ; Child bride ; Especially Betty ; Egged on ; Smelling like sugar cookies
; Betty in Hollywoodland ; Authing ; The name's Kettle ; Family matters ; Anybody
can ; Goodbye to all that ; Epilogue: looking for Betty Macdonald ; The Bard/MacDonald
family ; Betty's houses: place as witness ; Bardisms.
330 .. $a "Betty Bard MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the
classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly
after the end of World War II. Readers embraced her memoir of her years as a young
bride operating a chicken ranch on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and The Egg and
I sold its first million copies in less than a year. The public was drawn to MacDonald's
vivacity, her offbeat humor, and her irreverent take on life. In 1947, the book was
made into a movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and spawned a series
of films featuring her Ma and Pa Kettle characters. MacDonald followed up the success
of The Egg and I with the creation of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, a magical woman who cures
children of their bad habits, and with three additional memoirs: The Plague and I
(chronicling her time in a tuberculosis sanitarium just outside Seattle), Anybody
Can Do Anything (recounting her madcap attempts to find work during the Great Depression),
and Onions in the Stew (about her life raising two teenage daughters on Vashon Island).
Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald's archives, including materials
never before seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, the first biography
of this endearing Northwest storyteller, reveals the story behind the memoirs and
the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona."
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