"Astoundingly light-hearted... The MacDonalds... had... an abounding humor that bounced them over the direst crises." -- New York Times

When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need of constant repair, and days that ran from four in the morning to nine at night, the MacDonalds had barely a moment to put their feet up and relax. And then came the children. Yet through every trial and pitfall -- through chaos and catastrophe -- this indomitable family somehow, mercifully, never lost its sense of humor.

A beloved literary treasure for more than half a century, Betty MacDonald's The Egg and I is a heartwarming and uproarious account of adventure and survival on an American frontier.

"A work of real comic genius... A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book, and, to use a much overused word, a classic." -- Michael Korda, author of Country Matters

"Anyone who has ever struggled with a farm or even with a small garden will especially enjoy this breezy autobiography... [S]prightly, diverting, and excellent entertainment. The whole book crackles with the innocent deviltry of acorns hitting the roof-tops." -- Saturday Review of Literature

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