Download Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, and I AudioBook Free
Betty Bard MacDonald (1907 - 1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's catalogs, burst onto the literary landscape shortly after the end of World War II. Readers embraced her memoir of her years as a young bride working a poultry ranch on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and The Egg and I sold its first million copies in under a year. The general public was drawn to MacDonald's vivacity, her offbeat humor, and her irreverent undertake life. In 1947, the e book was made into a movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and spawned some films featuring MacDonald's Ma and Pa Kettle heroes. MacDonald followed up the success of The Egg and I with the creation of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, a wonderful woman who cures children of the negative traits, and with three additional memoirs: The Plague and I (chronicling her time in a tuberculosis sanitarium just external Seattle), Anybody Can Do Anything (recounting her madcap endeavors to find work through the Great Major depression), and Onions in the Stew (about her life increasing two teen daughters on Vashon Island). Author Paula Becker was granted full access to Betty MacDonald's archives, including materials nothing you've seen prior seen by any researcher. Looking for Betty MacDonald, the first biography of the endearing Northwest storyteller, uncovers the story behind the memoirs and the difference between the real Betty MacDonald and her literary persona.
