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Tio Pepe
Humorous book set in Mexico, featuring Tio Pepe, proprietor of a Mexico bar named Cada Noche un Amor.
- GenresFiction
117 pages, hardback
First published January 1, 1963
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About the author
Mary Lasswell
24 books8 followersAmerican 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 for Broke (1962), all with illustrations by famed New Yorker artist George Price. Their home base for most of the series was called "Noah's Ark", and was a junkyard in San Diego, but the third and fourth books were set during travels. These books consistently featured certain themes: the main characters faced financial disaster, were usually forced to take innovative measures to ensure a homeplace, rescued other people with problems, and acted as matchmakers.
Lasswell was also an editorial writer for the Houston Chronicle in the 1960's.
She was married to Dr. Dudley Winn Smith, a surgeon.
She died at the Solvang Lutheran Home in Solvang, California of Alzheimer's disease.
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 for Broke (1962), all with illustrations by famed New Yorker artist George Price. Their home base for most of the series was called "Noah's Ark", and was a junkyard in San Diego, but the third and fourth books were set during travels. These books consistently featured certain themes: the main characters faced financial disaster, were usually forced to take innovative measures to ensure a homeplace, rescued other people with problems, and acted as matchmakers.
Lasswell was also an editorial writer for the Houston Chronicle in the 1960's.
She was married to Dr. Dudley Winn Smith, a surgeon.
She died at the Solvang Lutheran Home in Solvang, California of Alzheimer's disease.
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August 2, 2007
I adore Mary Lasswell's humorous books featuring the three ladies Mrs. Feehly, Mrs. Rasmussen, and Miss Tinkerton, but this book set in Mexico featuring "Tio Pepe," proprietor of a bar, fell flat. Unlike her earlier books, this one seems dated and forced. This is probably the reason why she only wrote a single book featuring Tio Pepe!
September 6, 2022
This was my first Mary Lasswell book; my mother adores all books by this author. However, I just didn't see it, feel it, or love it.
It's a short book at about 117 pages. Unfortunately, the story really doesn't get interesting until about page 62 when a big party is thrown for all the"Ladies of the Town" (the local prostitutes).
So, there you have it!
It's a short book at about 117 pages. Unfortunately, the story really doesn't get interesting until about page 62 when a big party is thrown for all the"Ladies of the Town" (the local prostitutes).
So, there you have it!
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews