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Betty MacDonald offers a vivid account of establishing a homestead with her husband and daughters on Vashon Island, a ferry ride from Seattle. The memoir examines the island’s social customs, family dynamics, and the intellectual life of a 20th‑century American woman in Washington state.
First publish date: 1955
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Betty MacDonald
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