Book · 1945 · Chicken industry
The egg and I
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- people
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- podcast
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- episodes
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- recommendations
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I want to recommend what I think is a really fun quarantine book and very funny.
What they say about it
- Mentions the author and title“Betty MacDonald called The Egg and I”6
- Recommends the book“recommend what I think is a really fun”3
The best things said about it
So I highly highly recommend Betty McDonald's the plague and I and that is all for me.
So I finished the EG and ey by Betty McDonald and I enjoyed it a lot.
But the book that does is the plague and which was recently reissued by the University of Washington press.
So I'm reading a book that came out in 1945 by uam Betty McDonald called The Egg and I.
Why people recommend it
The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald is a humorous and widely celebrated 1945 memoir detailing the author's challenging yet comical experiences running a remote chicken ranch in the rugged mountains of Washington State with her newlywed husband. On The Book Review, host Gilbert Cruz and Pamela Paul frequently highlighted MacDonald's literary output, noting that while older listeners may fondly remember her classic children's books featuring Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, her autobiographical works hold a special place in mid-century American humor. Cruz and Paul enthusiastically recommended MacDonald's subsequent memoir, The Plague and I, while frequently circling back to the charm, wit, and enduring popularity of The Egg and I. A guest on The Book Review also discussed finishing the memoir, sharing how much they enjoyed its sharp observations and comedic storytelling. Across these podcast episodes, the book is remembered not just as a quaint historical artifact of rural homesteading, but as a brilliant, witty piece of travel and lifestyle writing that showcases MacDonald's unique ability to find persistent humor in hardship, isolation, and domestic chaos.
Every mention
Gilbert Cruz so I highly highly recommend Betty McDonald's the plague and I and that is all for me 4
“this book is Betty McDonald's the plague and I longtime listeners may remember a while back I read the Egg and I if people are familiar with her name it's probably because of the Mrs pigle wiggle books her children's books which are still in circulation”
“this book is Betty McDonald's the plague and I longtime listeners may remember a while back I read the Egg and I”
“so I highly highly recommend Betty McDonald's the plague and I and that is all for me”
“so I'm reading a book that came out in 1945 by uam Betty McDonald called The Egg and I”
Pamela Paul I want to recommend what I think is a really fun quarantine book and very funny I don't know if either of y… 2
“I want to recommend what I think is a really fun quarantine book and very funny I don't know if either of you have read it it's Betty McDonald's Memoir the plague and ey”
“but the book that does is the plague and which was recently reissued by the University of Washington press”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“so I finished the EG and ey by Betty McDonald and I enjoyed it a lot”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“she wrote a number of Memoirs and the most famous of them is probably the egg and ie which was turned into movies”
“and I blathered on about Betty McDonald's the plague”
“I read the Egg and I on your recommendation a few months back and really enjoyed it”
“another book she wrote called the plague which I like draws me in just on subject matter alone”