Wasn't the grass greener?

a curmudgeon's fond memories

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Wasn't the grass greener?

a curmudgeon's fond memories

1st ed.
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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.

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Harcourt Brace
Language
English
Pages
235

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Cover of: Wasn't the Grass Greener?
Wasn't the Grass Greener?: Thirty-three Reasons Why Life Isn't as Good as It Used to Be
June 26, 2000, Harvest Books
in English
Cover of: Wasn't the grass greener?
Wasn't the grass greener?: a curmudgeon's fond memories
2000, Beeler Large Print
in English - A Beeler large print ed.
Cover of: Wasn't the grass greener?
Wasn't the grass greener?: a curmudgeon's fond memories
1999, Harcourt Brace
in English - 1st ed.

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Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.92
Library of Congress
E169.Z8 H593 1999, E169.02 .H593 1999, E169.02.H593 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 235 p. ;
Number of pages
235

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL375095M
Internet Archive
wasntgrassgreene00holl
ISBN 10
0151004420
LCCN
98036946
OCLC/WorldCat
39671930
Library Thing
1302197
Goodreads
4556901

First Sentence

"When I was a child the doctor was God."

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