Yiddish with George and Laura

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
Cover of the book Yiddish with George and Laura by Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman, Little, Brown and Company
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Author: Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman ISBN: 9780316050203
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication: November 15, 2008
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company Language: English
Author: Ellis Weiner, Barbara Davilman
ISBN: 9780316050203
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication: November 15, 2008
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Language: English

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 of feeling and nuances of meaning that plain old English can't deliver--by peppering their conversatuon with Yiddishisms.

See George's mother.

Her name is Bar.

She wears a lot of pearls and is a farbisseneh*.*

"You are late, George," Bar says.

"Of course I am late," George says.

"I am the President of the United States.

I am a big macher*."*

Like all good primers, YIDDISH WITH GEORGE AND LAURA tells a simple story--and, in the end, important life lessons are imparted.

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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 of feeling and nuances of meaning that plain old English can't deliver--by peppering their conversatuon with Yiddishisms.

See George's mother.

Her name is Bar.

She wears a lot of pearls and is a farbisseneh*.*

"You are late, George," Bar says.

"Of course I am late," George says.

"I am the President of the United States.

I am a big macher*."*

Like all good primers, YIDDISH WITH GEORGE AND LAURA tells a simple story--and, in the end, important life lessons are imparted.

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