Cheaper by the Dozen (Perennial Classics)
<p><strong>One of the best-loved American memoirs of an oversized family and the parents who held them together.</strong> </p><p>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 <em>Cheaper by the Dozen</em>. </p><p>Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, this memoir is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century. </p>