The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank

Directed by robert day.

The grass is always greener over the septic tank - 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. If life is a bowl of cherries what am i doing in the pits. Where they planted trees and crabgrass came up where they planted the schools and taxes came up where they died of old age trying to merge onto the. The main characters of this humor non fiction story are.

By erma bombeck mass market paperback 7 99. The grass is always greener over the septic tank by erma bombeck paperback 19 00. In 1978 bombeck arranged both a million dollar contract for her fifth book if life is a bowl of cherries what am i doing in the pits. A healthy green lawn is a wonderful thing.

A comedy drama about a new york couple who decided to dump the hassle of the big city pack up the kids and move to what they think is the easy life of suburbia. In 1976 mcgraw hill published bombeck s the grass is always greener over the septic tank which became a best seller. Like most children of the 1980s i grew up in a house replete with erma bombeck s pithy observations of the banality of suburban life although by the time the grass is always greener over the septic tank was published she was a bestselling author and television personality living in a hacienda in phoenix arizona pre. About the grass is always greener over the septic tank erma bombeck is marvelously funny direct as a hypodermic a virtuoso in the field of suburban living vogue it s the exposé to end all exposés the truth about the suburbs.

Even more so if the area seems to stay wet and soggy when the rest of your yard is dry. The first edition of the novel was published in 1976 and was written by erma bombeck. And a 700 000 copy advance for her subsequent book aunt erma s cope book 1979. With carol burnett charles grodin alex rocco linda gray.

The grass is always greener over the septic tank the marvelously funny and much loved humorist explores the perils of suburban living in this new york times bestseller vogue. But you ll want to take note if there is an area that is greener lusher and thicker than the surrounding grass.