<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny. . . its appeal is timeless." --Jonathan Yardley, <em>Washington Post</em></strong></p><p><strong>One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together.</strong></p><p>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 <em>Cheaper by the Dozen</em>.</p><p>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>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 <em>Cheaper by the Dozen</em>. </p>Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, <em>Cheaper by the Dozen</em> is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A touching family portrait that also happens to be very, very funny...its appeal is timeless."--<strong>Jonathan Yardley, <em>Washington Post</em></strong><br><br>"Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching.... Sound Americana."--<strong><em>Saturday Review of Literature</em></strong><br><br>"Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books."--<strong><em>Chicago Sun-Times</em></strong><br><br>"Instructive, funny, and very readable."--<strong><em>School Library Journal</em></strong><br>
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