The Egg and I  by Betty MacDonald (1946) is the book that put this author of humorous fiction and nonfiction on the map.

Not only did the book become a world-wide bestseller, the film version starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray was hugely popular as well.

While many contemporary readers still adore the book, others are deeply disturbed by its blatant racism against Native Americans as well as its classism and snobbery toward those the author describes as Neighbors with a purposeful capital. Read More→