The plucky author behind the classic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books

In 1945, a first-time author named Betty MacDonald published a tart, smart and uncommonly funny memoir of the rocky years she’d spent as a young woman on an isolated Washington chicken farm. “It still irritates me when women say they prefer to live without running water or electric lights,” MacDonald wrote to her literary agent. “I know it’s a damn lie.” “The Egg and I” surprised everyone by climbing to No. 1 on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, where it remained for 43 weeks. MacDonald went on to write eight more books, including the popular Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle children’s series.
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