Cheaper by the Dozen
"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 - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.
What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a fatherâa famous efficiency expertâwho 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 numerous films over the yearsâincluding a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favourite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stonerâthis memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.
Description
"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 - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.
What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a fatherâa famous efficiency expertâwho 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 numerous films over the yearsâincluding a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favourite with Steve Martin, Hilary Duff, and Alyson Stonerâthis memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the twentieth century.
