Mary Lasswell

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Mary Lasswell


Born
in Glasgow, Scotland, The United Kingdom
February 08, 1905

Died
July 19, 1994

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American author of humorous novels about life in Southern California, Texas, Mexico, and Newark, New Jersey under the name Mary Lasswell. She was born in Scotland to American parents and grew up in Brownsville, Texas.

Her first book, Suds in Your Eye (1942), published by Houghton Mifflin, was described as "a crazy, funny story" about three impoverished but high-spirited and beer-loving elderly women. It was adapted into a Broadway Play by Jack Kirkland in 1944.

Laswell followed with five other books about the same three women, Mrs. Feeley, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkham, plus their handyman, only known as "Old-Timer". These included High Time (1944), One on the House (1949), Wait for the Wagon (1951), Tooner Schooner (1953), and Let's Go fo
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Average rating: 4.33 · 735 ratings · 97 reviews · 24 distinct worksSimilar authors
Suds in Your Eye (Suds, #1)

4.32 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1942 — 28 editions
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High Time (Suds, #2)

4.39 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1944 — 9 editions
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Let's Go For Broke (Suds, #6)

4.51 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions
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One on the House (Suds, #3)

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4.49 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1949 — 11 editions
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Wait For the Wagon (Suds, #4)

4.32 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1951 — 12 editions
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Tooner Schooner (Suds, #5)

4.33 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions
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Mrs. Rasmussen's Book of On...

4.08 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions
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I'll Take Texas

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3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions
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Tio Pepe

3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1963
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Rags and Hope

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Suds in Your Eye Let's Go For Broke
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“I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one section of earth by a really top hand.”
Mary Lasswell

“way.” The giant scratched his head and looked doubtful.”
Mary Lasswell, One on the House