Download or read book Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay written by Marie-Therese Gould (Stein) and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dirt to Scratch and Eggs to Lay" an autobiography is the story of life in a small country town in Queensland during post-World War 2, as perceived and told by the youngest child in a family of seven a family "too poor to have a father"! Brutally honest, and told with black' humour, the author begins her story in the security of Mitchell', travels through the reality of the rest of the world', and concludes it in the security of retirement' (at Ma's).