Product Description

What do you get when you mix a blunt-talking, famous efficiency-expert father and a brilliant, compassionate psychologist mother with twelve rambunctious offspring of various sizes? You get one of America's all-time best- loved memoirs! The hilarious story of growing up Gilbreth has already delighted generations of readers -- and it remains as joyous and exuberant as ever. Laugh along with the adventures of the large, irrepressible family unit that redefined the term -- and proved the old adage, the more the merrier ... and scarier!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #412431 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11-06
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .79" h x 4.26" w x 6.78" l, .31 pounds
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 288 pages

From AudioFile
The adventures of the Gilbreth family continue to be classic and enduring stories of family life at the turn of the twentieth century. Dana Ivey reads all narration and dialogue at a brisk, steady clip keeping the story line moving. Her vocal styles differ for males, females or children, adequately separating character types, but not individuals. Ivey dramatizes the episodes by adding appropriate emotional inflections, especially for the children. Sections of the tape offer bits of music enhancing the narrative with accompaniment appropriate for the turn-of-the-century era. Listeners will enjoy this entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable reading. P.A.J. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
“Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.” (Saturday Review of Literature )

"Instructive, funny, and very readable." (School Library Journal )

“Gay and lighthearted...One of the most amusing books.” (The Chicago Sun-Times )

Saturday Review of Literature
Always entertaining, occasionally hilarious, occasionally touching....Sound Americana.