Yiddish with George and Laura

In this inspired follow-up to the bestselling Yiddish withDick and Jane, Yiddish--the mother tongue of irony--invades the ultimatebastion of American WASP culture: Kennebunkport, home of the Bush clan. What do George and Laura Bush have in common with Dick and Jane? Well, bothhail from prototypical WASP families. And, perhaps more to the point, bothexhibit 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 uncharacteristicexpressiveness, conveying shades of feeling and nuances of meaning thatplain old English can't deliver--by peppering their conversation withYiddishisms. See George's mother. Her name is Bar. She wears alot 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 simplestory--and, in the end, important life lessons are imparted.Weiner, Ellis is the author of 'Yiddish with George and Laura', published 2006 under ISBN 9780316014465 and ISBN 031601446X.