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 - now a Disney+ movie starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff.

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 numerous films over the years — including a classic film starring Myrna Loy and a cult favorite with Steve Martin, 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

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Product Details

• ISBN: 9780060084608
• ISBN 10: 006008460X
• Imprint: Harper Perennial
• On Sale: 08/27/2019
• Trimsize: 5.310 in (w) x 8.000 in (h) x 0.500 in (d)
• Pages: 224
• List Price: $16.99
• BISAC1 : HUMOR / Topic / Marriage & Family
• BISAC2 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
• BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs