MacDonald followed up the success of The Egg and I with the creation of Mrs. In 1947, the book was made into a movie starring Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, and spawned a series of films featuring MacDonald's Ma and Pa Kettle characters. The public was drawn to MacDonald's vivacity, her offbeat humor, and her irreverent take on life. 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. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly after the end of World War II. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.Betty Bard MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of The Egg and I and the classic Mrs.

Ships within 24 hours from US or UK warehouse but NO EXPEDITED ORDERS. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. With the help of her older sister Mary, Anybody Can Do Anything recounts her failed, and often hilarious, attempts to find work during the Great Depression.Ĭhoose your shipping method in Checkout. 'The best thing about the Depression was the way it reunited our family and gave my sister Mary a real opportunity to prove that anybody can do anything, especially Betty.' After surviving both the failed chicken farm - and marriage - immortalized in The Egg and I, Betty MacDonald returns to live with her mother and desperately searches to find a job to support her two young daughters. With the help of her older sister Mary, Anybody Can Do Anything recounts her failed, and often hilarious, attempts to find work during.

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