Cheaper by the Dozen
Author(s): Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless.” —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together.
What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father—a famous efficiency expert—who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.
Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy — and a remake featuring Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stoner — this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.
Review(s):
“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.”
“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana.”
“Instructive, funny, and very readable.”
“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless.”
ISBN: 9780060084608