Cheaper by the Dozen
On Sale: 03/29/2005
Cheaper by the Dozen
On Sale: 03/29/2005
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About the Book
“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.
Critical Praise
“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.” — Chicago Sun-Times
“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana.” — Saturday Review of Literature
“Instructive, funny, and very readable.” — School Library Journal
“A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless.” — Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
-Product Details
- ISBN: 9780060763138
- ISBN 10: 0060763132
- Imprint: Harper
- On Sale: 03/29/2005
- Pages: 224
- List Price:24.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family
- BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical