Yiddish with George and Laura
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- Published by: Hachette Book Group USA
- eBook Publish Date: November 15, 2008
- Print ISBN: 031601446X
- Filesize: 4.96 MB
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Overview
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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Author Information
Bio of Barbara Davilman
BARBARA DAVILMAN began her career in NY in advertising and then went on to create a greeting card company, Bittersweet, that dealt exclusively with relationships gone bad. After that, she moved to Los Angeles to become a TV writer/producer. Along with her husband, Ellis Weiner, she co-authored YIDDISH WITH DICK & JANE, YIDDISH WITH GEORGE & LAURA, and HOW TO RAISE A JEWISH DOG. In her 'spare' time she writes and produces reality television and is the Los Angeles Co-Coordinator for Ridgeback Rescue.
Bio of Ellis Weiner
Ellis Weiner has been an editor of National Lampoon, a columnist for Spy, and a contributor to many magazines, including The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Pennsylvania. Barbara Davilman lives in Los Angeles, where she writes for television.
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Imprint
Little Brown & Company
Filesize
4.96 MB
Number of Pages
112
eBook ISBN
9780316050203
Excerpt from: Yiddish with George and Laura by Barbara Davilman
See George. He is our president. He lives in a fancy white house and is a big shmegegg
George loves his job. He gets to take a lot of vacations. He gets to do special things for his family and friends. "Not bad for an ex-shikker," he thinks.
See Laura. She is George's wife. She loves George very much. She is a nice lady and a shiksa.
See Jenna and Barbara. They are George and Laura's twin daughters. They are a couple of sheyna maidls.
Jenna was cited two times for underage drinking. Barbara was cited only once. George and Laura shepn naches from their lovely girls.
Shept, George and Laura, shept. Shept, shept, shept.
George and Laura and the girls are going to a birthday party for George's parents.
Their birthdays are four days apart. The party is at the family house in Kennebunkport.
Kennebunkport is a pretty town in Maine.
A lot of goyim live there.
See George's mother. Her name is Bar. She wears a lot of pearls and is a farbissenah.
"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."
"I do not care," says Bar. "You should have been here two hours ago. Doro and the wives got tired of waiting. They went shopping for tchotchkies."
"We want to go shopping too," says Jenna. "But you just got here," says Bar. "We want to spend money and help the economy," says Barbara.
"Oh, all right," says Bar. "But stay away from the farkaktah media."
"Where is Dad?" asks George. He holds out a flag. "I got this for him."
"He does not want that flag, George," says Bar.
"If he did he would have gotten one himself.
But I will put it in the den with all our other chazerai."
