This was a delightful book, for readers of all ages. It's filled with family tidbits from the early 1920's. The writing style is from a narrative point of view, describing the lives of the family through one of the sons. There are many parts where the father strongly reminds me of J. Jonah Jameson f...
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 a...
This is the book that made me wish I had more siblings! Such a great family, and such a great story. The best part is that it's all true! A more loving, happy-go-lucky family you will never find.
This is one of my favorite books from childhood. I grew up loving the Gilbreths, and then had a man who worshipped at the same altar as my major professor in college. Every time I re-read the book now, I think not only of happy childhood memories, but of happy college memories as well.As for the b...
As an only child books about siblings and massive families were so fascinating to me. This is one of the only 'assigned reading' books from middle school that I remember really enjoying.
The decision to introduce each chapter with cheesy ragtime music takes away from the audio version of this book. The music goes on for way too long- it even plays under the narration in the first chapter. The narration begins at breakneck speed, but evens out after a bit. The story is still hilariou...
This book was like this huge phenomenon in my family when I was growing up. All of us kids loved it, and talked about it a lot. I don't know if I'd still like it now, but I have lots of great memories of it!
I read this book when I was 11. I remember it so well because it was the first time I understood the concept of efficiency. It impressed me. I learned how a father encouraged his children to all succeed. After I read this book, I thought how do I do things faster and better? I guess one could s...
A truly charming and heartwarming book about the efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth, his wife, and their dozen children - written by two of the children (Frank Jr. and Ernestine).This book was a massive best-seller back in its day. But as time passed, it went out of print and was forgotten and virtual...
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