In this humorous memoir, Betty MacDonald is newly web and her husband has the bright idea of moving to Washington state and raising chickens. Brought In this humorous memoir, Betty MacDonald is newly web and her husband has the bright idea of moving to Washington state and raising chickens. Brought up believe that a "wife's bounden duty is to see that her husband is happy in his work", she unquestionably follows him along on this adventure, only to find out that a "man in the chicken business is not his own boss at all. The hen is the boss."
This is a quirky and funny story, full of colorful tales of rural life. However, she does throw a very dark and unfavorable mention of the Native Americans in the area and I found it quite distasteful. ...more