Whoc ana rgue with Atticus at #1? But Harry Potter's parents? I'm not a HP expert, but didn't they send him off to wizard school? That seems odd, don't it? If you send your kid off to wrestle dragons, doesn't social services step in? And where are the Berenstein Bears? :)
Mostly I'm happen whenever my slice of slices Cheaper by the Dozen gets some ink.
So, the Gilbreths were actual people, not fiction, and this charming book, published in 1948, is a biography written by their children. But—and we mean this as a compliment—the parents are so lovely as to almost seem made up. Frank Gilbreth and his wife, Lillian, are world-famous efficiency experts whose studies in time and motion changed the way people worked. If Frank had his way, it would have also changed the way people raised children, especially after their incredible fecundity produced 12 children. Having an even dozen children meant that the Gilbreths could apply some of their expertise in their Montclair, New Jersey, home. Hilarity ensues, as does an overwhelming sense of warmth and happiness.
The two children wrote a follow up book, Belles on Their Toes, recounting what happened after Frank’s death in 1924, which left Lillian with house full of children, the youngest just 2 years old, and a business to run. Mother Lillian manages to keep it all together, with good humor and warmth, and the book manages to stay away from the maudlin.
The kid who wrote the book only died four years ago.
And it's got one of the all-time great final lines.
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