Wasn't the Grass Greener? : A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
by Holland, Barbara
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151004420
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004423
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
Liquor cabinets, suntans, clotheslines, childhood, world wars, pianos . . . What do these things have in common? They are all headed the way of the dinosaurs. Children are opting out of childhood, liquor cabinets and pianos have vanished from homes, and unimpressive mini wars are the norm. In Wasn't the Grass Greener?, Barbara Holland shares her sentiments on this deplorable but inevitable outcome, as she moans and groans, wistfully remembers, and sarcastically decries the state of the world today. With a style reminiscent of E.B. White and a wit like Erma Bombeck's, Barbara Holland's short, sharp, and all-original essays are laugh-out-loud funny, whether or not you share her memories. An engaging reminder of the past, Wasn't the Grass Greener? is a straight-up collection of a curmudgeon's complaints with a shot of nostalgia on the side.
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- Bookseller
- Cartway Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2410
- Title
- Wasn't the Grass Greener? : A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
- Author
- Holland, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151004420
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004423
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- MANNERS CUSTOMS NOSTALGIA UNITED STATES HISTORY 1945 SOCIAL LIFE AMERICAN ESSAYS 20TH CENTURY LITERARY COLLECTIONS SCIENCE TRADITIONS POPULAR CULTURE
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- Memoir;
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