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Wasn't the Grass Greener?
Barbara Holland
其他書名
A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
出版Harcourt Brace, 1999
主題Humor / GeneralHumor / Form / EssaysLiterary Collections / EssaysSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Popular Culture
ISBN01510044209780151004423
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xrp2AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.