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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
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4 1/2 stars. This humorous and poignant non-fiction account of an early 20th century family of twelve children and their larger than life parents was right up my alley. I enjoyed every minute of this.
adventurous
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relaxing
I have a lot of feelings about this book. First of all I didn’t realize until I had started that this was a memoir. Secondly it was published in 1948. That being said I found the racist comments to be a bit too much. They didn’t age well. The stories of the family were okay but I had a hard time seeing past the racism.
This book is nothing like that silly movie. It's a true story about this amazing family and this crazy father who tried to do the best he could with 12 kids
Reading this book made me mad at the movie. In the movie, all the children are alive at the same time. In the book, some of the older ones die before all 12 are born.
As a child coming from a large family, I was always interested in movies, books, and television shows that featured them. This book was one I decided to revisit from my childhood days. It had moments of charm, a father who decided the best way to raise 12 kids was to treat them as an assembly line along the lines of his occupation. The book is very much a reflection of it's time, there was some offensive language and tones that don't sit well today, but the story was enjoyable overall.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Honestly it was exactly what I needed it to be, a refresher. I've been reading some very heavy books and I needed something light. This memoir definitely made me smile and laugh a little so can't ask for much more!