Wasn't the grass greener?
a curmudgeon's fond memories
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1999 - Harcourt Brace, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
58,750 words, Guess
Page Count
235 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL375095M
- ISBN-100151004420
- OCLC Control Number39671930
- OCLC Control Numberwasntgrassgreene00holl
- Library of Congress Control Number98036946
and 2 more
- Goodreads4556901
- LibraryThing1302197
Classifications
- DDC973.92
- LCCE169.Z8 H593 1999
Description
According to Barbara Holland, the world is going to seed. In Wasn't the Grass Greener?, she shares thirty-three reasons why life at the end of the millennium just isn't as good as it used to be. And after you read her rollicking remembrances of things past, you'll agree. Liquor cabinets and pianos have mysteriously vanished from homes. It's been over fifty years since the last worthwhile war. Children have forgotten how to hopscotch. Doctors never visit. And no one hangs clothes out to dry anymore. Does it really matter? Yes. Does anyone care? Hell, yes! In witty, wistful, and original essays, Barbara Holland decries this deplorable result of "progress" and reminds us of the good ol' days, when, yes, everything was better.
First Sentence
When I was a child the doctor was God.
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