Wasn't the Grass Greener?

副标题: Thirty-three Reasons Why Life Isn't as Good as It Used to Be

ISBN: 9780156011761

出版社: Mariner Books

出版年: 2000-6-26

页数: 235

定价: USD 18.95

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Liquor cabinets and pianos have vanished from homes. It's been over fifty years since the last worthwhile war. Doctors never visit and no one hangs their clothes out to dry anymore. In Wasn't the Grass Greener?, Barbara Holland shares her sentiments on these deplorable results of "progress," where entertainment has come to replace idleness and children are skipping childhood. Written with impeccable style and a sharp wit, Holland's all-original essays are laugh-out-loud funny, whether or not you're old enough to remember clotheslines. Not quite a peaceful stroll down memory lane, Wasn't the Grass Greener? is a straight-up collection of a curmudgeon's complaints with a shot of nostalgia on the side.