Chicken Every Sunday Author:Rosemary Taylor Mother's boarders had chicken every Sunday, but as Mr. Robinson said, "I like your food, but what I like best about your place is the people you take in." — Some of them were strange characters, beginning with the first ones she sneaked into the house when Father wasn't looking. The whole family was happy-go-lucky and hilarious, but Mother never ... more »let any situation get the best of her-whether it was a grandmother yodeling in her cups, a German spy living in the garage-house, or a boarder whose divorced husband didn't want to stay divorced.
Mother took in everybody, including Rita Vlasek, who adored anybody in pants, including Father. And Miss Sally, who adored Miss Sally, and spent all her time sitting in the bathtub. And the Lathams who wanted to buy a gold mine. And many others, all real, all pungent, all memorable...
This book leaves the reader chuckling and feeling that the world is a pretty good place after all...« less