Betty MacDonald, Mary Bard Jensen, Anybody can do anything

Betty MacDonald, Mary Bard Jensen, Anybody can do anything Anybody Can Do Anything is the story of Betty MacDonald’s life with her children, her mother, and her siblings while living in Seattle during the Depression. It begins with what is quite possibly the funniest story I have ever read about Betty MacDonald’s growing up as the younger sister of Mary of the enormous lies. Betty MacDonald uses this chapter to show us sister Mary’s unique perspective on life, and also just what a genius she has always been at getting her siblings to do what she wanted, firm in her belief that “anybody can do anything”…especially if it’s Mary’s idea. What you have to love about Mary is that she takes on Betty, and Betty’s two kids, at the beginning of The Depression, when she is already supporting three other siblings and her mother. Throughout the book, Mary’s charm and energy keeps both herself and Betty employed, in addition to Mary’s friends and eventually, their two sisters too. All of this, and all Betty was expected, when she told her family that she wasn’t happy, was a little sympathy. Betty MacDonald worked in a variety of offices for many of the jobs she held during The Depression (1930’s). Because they are all together, The Depression doesn’t seem so bad; in fact, quite often it seems fun. Now, having said that, on the one hand you can see, even from 90 years away, that the family was upper middle class at the beginning of the book and far from the worst off people through most of the story. But also it’s true that the fear was real. Which is kind of how things are right now, during the Covid shutdowns: some of us are more scared than others, but at least we’re all in it together. Here’s what Betty MacDonald says, in a rare serious moment: When you share your money, your clothes and you food with a mother, a brother and three sisters, your portion may be meagre, but by the same token when you share unhappiness, loneliness and anxiety about the future with a mother, a brother and three sisters, there isn’t much left for you. -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Wolfgang Hampel and Betty MacDonald fan club team are working on a new fascinating Betty MacDonald biography with many information, facts and stories never published before. You can order one of the most humorous books ever ----------------------- Satire is my favorite animal from Wolfgang Hampel: USA , United Kingdom , Canada , Czech Republic, France , Germany , Germany , Hungary , Japan , Japan , Mexico , Austria , Austria , Poland , Romania , Slovak Republic -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Wolfgang Hampel in the SWR 3 TV show HERZSCHLAG-MOMENTE on Saturday, August 3rd, 2019, at 9:50 pm.