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nancyjzigler's review against another edition
4.0
A gentle read, surprisingly apolitical. The memoir of an intellectual made to emigrate to the US during WWII, and the life of her family as aristocrats that lose the ground from beneath them. I appreciate her dedication to looking out instead of in: some of the most interesting chapters were about libraries, cooking, snow, and tending to the farm life adopted by her and her husband as respite from the war. The most boring chapter was definitely the one about the USDA. A fresh look of what it means to be an American.
kazen's review against another edition
3.0
This book is what I wanted The Egg and I to be, with the added delight of being translated non-fiction. An insightful look at 1940s rural America through the eyes of an immigrant.
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