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From start to finish, it is a reading joy. Chicago Tribune

The warm, wonderful, and entertaining sequel to the hit classic Cheaper By the Dozen.

Life is very different now in the rambling Gilbreth house. When the youngest of the family was two and the oldest was eighteen, Lillian Gilbreth's husband and the patriarch of the family, Frank Gilbreth Sr., died, so she bravely took over his business. Now, to keep the family together, everyone has to pitch in and pinch pennies. The resourceful clan rises to every crisis with a marvelous sense of fun-whether its overcoming chicken pox, giving the boot to an unwelcome boyfriend, battling the rampant sexism plaguing Lillian's engineering workplace, or even meeting the President. And the few distasteful things they cant overcomelike castor oilthey swallow with good humor and good grace.

Belles on Their Toes

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    A Paperback / softback by Frank B Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 16/12/2003
      ISBN13: 9780060598235, 978-0060598235
      ISBN10: 0060598239

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From start to finish, it is a reading joy. Chicago Tribune

      The warm, wonderful, and entertaining sequel to the hit classic Cheaper By the Dozen.

      Life is very different now in the rambling Gilbreth house. When the youngest of the family was two and the oldest was eighteen, Lillian Gilbreth's husband and the patriarch of the family, Frank Gilbreth Sr., died, so she bravely took over his business. Now, to keep the family together, everyone has to pitch in and pinch pennies. The resourceful clan rises to every crisis with a marvelous sense of fun-whether its overcoming chicken pox, giving the boot to an unwelcome boyfriend, battling the rampant sexism plaguing Lillian's engineering workplace, or even meeting the President. And the few distasteful things they cant overcomelike castor oilthey swallow with good humor and good grace.

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