{"product_id":"the-plague-and-i-paperback","title":"The Plague and I - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetty MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Getting tuberculosis in the middle of your life is like starting downtown to do a lot of urgent errands and being hit by a bus. When you regain consciousness you remember nothing about the urgent errands. You can't even remember where you were going.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins Betty MacDonald's memoir of her year in a sanatorium just outside Seattle battling the \"White Plague.\" MacDonald uses her offbeat humor to make the most of her time in the TB sanatorium--making all of us laugh in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetty MacDonald (1907-1958), the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Egg and I\u003c\/i\u003e and the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children's books, burst onto the literary scene shortly after the end of World War II. \u003ci\u003eThe Plague and I\u003c\/i\u003e takes up Betty's delightful misadventures where \u003ci\u003eThe Egg and I\u003c\/i\u003e left off. She continued chronicling her life story with memoirs \u003ci\u003eAnybody Can Do Anything\u003c\/i\u003e and finally \u003ci\u003eOnions in the Stew\u003c\/i\u003e. She lived on Vashon Island in Washington's Puget Sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724367794239,"sku":"9780295999784","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/013162e3725a9d13b6a0179d6ca5ee7c_1b8aedd3-c65a-4de7-9a5f-9b06bcf201b6.webp?v=1765102419","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-plague-and-i-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}