The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank

Erma Bombeck

Jan 2013 · Open Road Media

About this ebook

The “marvelously funny” and much-loved humorist explores the perils of suburban living in this New York Times bestseller (Vogue).
For years, the Bombecks have heard rumors of a magical land called Suburbia where the air is clean, the grass is trimmed, and children don’t risk getting mugged on their walk to school. After watching their friends flee the city for subdivided utopias like Bonaparte’s Retreat and Mortgage Mañana, Erma and her family load up their belongings and cry, “Station wagons . . . ho!” But life on the suburban frontier is not as perfect as they had hoped. The trees are stunted, the house is cramped, and there’s no grass at all. But the Bombecks will make do, for they are suburbanites now—the last true pioneers! This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erma Bombeck including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

Ratings and reviews

I read this book when it first came out. I Loved it. My sides were in stitches, I laughed so hard. You shouldn’t miss it!

AMAZING 😄😂😄😂😂😂😄😂😄😂😄 😍😍😍👌☀️☀️☀️😍😍}:‑):'((*_*):-P:-!:-|:-\:-|(*_*):'(O_o}:‑):-$}:‑):-[;-):'((+_+):-!;):-$:‑X(TT):-$:-*:-D:-\

A reread that I really enjoyed.

About the author

DIVErma Bombeck (1927–1996) was one of the best-loved humorists of her day, known for her witty books and syndicated columns. In 1967, she published At Wit’s End, a collection of her favorite columns. Bombeck would go on to write eleven more books, including The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1976), If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits? (1978), and Aunt Erma’s Cope Book (1979). Her books were perennial bestsellers, and helped bolster her reputation as one of the nation’s sharpest observers of domestic life. She continued writing her syndicated column until her death in 1996. /div