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Mr Hobbs' Vacation
Author: Edward Streeter

Mr. Hobbs, a normally frustrated, but reasonably successful businessman, had been looking forward to his vacation with eagerness. Mrs. Hobbs had selected, sight unseen, a large, old house by the sea which could accommodate not only Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs and Kate, but also their two unmarried daughters, their only half understood son-in-law and - mo... more »st important of all- their three beloved grandchildren. Somehow, when the time arrived, affairs did not turn out as he anticipated. The problem of hot water, the demands of hospitality, garbage disposal... Mr. Hobbs found himself existing in the midst of what seemed to him unbelievable chaos.

Mr. Hobbs, a normally frustrated but reasonably successful businessman, had been looking forward to his vacation with eagerness. Mrs. Hobbs had selected, sight unseen, a large, old house by the sea which could accommodate not only Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs and Kate, but also their two married daughters, their only half-understood sons-in-law and -- most important of all -- their three beloved grandchildren.

For months ahead Mr. Hobbs had daydreamed of the pleasures that would be his and the many things he would do. But, somehow, when the time arrived, affairs did not turn out as he anticipated. His grandchildren were either sleeping or eating. His daughters were involved in their own pursuits. His sons-in-law baffled him. The business of living kept getting in his way -- the problem of hot water, the demands of hospitality, garbage disposal. A man who worshiped order, Mr. Hobbs found himself existing in the midst of what seemed to him unbelievable chaos.

What it adds up to is a story even funnier than "Father of the Bride," made all the more poignant by an occasional twinge of heartache. Somewhere back in the early days when as a soldier in World War I, Mr. Streeter wrote Dere Mable, he made the discovery that most people, whether of high or low degree, are ordinary human beings whose day-to-day hopes and aspirations are basically akin, and who are constantly being knocked about by reality in much the same way. That may be why, for readers of his books, each pang of recognition explodes in laughter -- and each burst of laughter leaves a faint shock wave, as of old wounds complaining. However it works, you will read Mr. Hobbs' Vacation in a state of blissful good humor which will be shared by all of those to whom you insist on reading it aloud.

ISBN: 126814
Publication Date: 1954
Pages: 248
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Publisher: Harper & Bros
Book Type: Hardcover
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