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Wasn't the Grass Greener? : A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
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Wasn't the Grass Greener? : A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories Hardcover - 1999

by Holland, Barbara

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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  • Title Wasn't the Grass Greener? : A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories
  • Author Holland, Barbara
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York
  • Date 1999-06-02
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 3130332-6
  • ISBN 9780151004423 / 0151004420
  • Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.97 in (21.08 x 14.22 x 2.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Social life and customs -, United States - Social life and customs -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98036946
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.92

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Summary

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.