
Yiddish with George and Laura
Little, Brown & Company (Publisher)
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-316-01446-5 (ISBN)
Description
George and Laura get to the family house. The rest of the family has already arrived. George's mother comes out to greet them. Her name is Bar. She is a former First Lady and a farbisseneh. 'You are late, Georgie,' Bar says. 'Of course I am late,' George says, 'I am the President of the United States. I am a big macher.' What do George and Laura Bush have in common with Dick and Jane? Well, both hail from prototypical WASP families. And, perhaps more to the point, both exhibit a natural resistance to moral complexity (i.e., reality). That's the premise of this hilarious new primer-style book in which George, Laura, and the entire Bush family communicate with uncharacteristic expressiveness, conveying shades of feeling and nuances of meaning that plain old English can't deliver - by peppering their conversation with Yiddishisms. Like all good primers, Yiddish with George and Laura tells a simple story - a family birthday party goes awry as a series of small crises erupts - and, in the end, important life lessons are imparted.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
col. Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 184 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-316-01446-5 (9780316014465)
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Co-authors of the bestselling Yiddish with Dick and Jane, Ellis Weiner has been an editor of National Lampoon, a columnist for Spy, and a contributor to many magazines, including The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, and Barbara Davilman is a writer for television and movies. Both live in Los Angeles.