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Mama's Bank Account
Contributor(s): Forbes, Kathryn (Author)

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ISBN: 0156563770     ISBN-13: 9780156563772
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1968
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Annotation: The charming adventures of the Mama of an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco. This bestselling book inspired the play, motion picture, and television series I Remember Mama.


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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 14-UP
Grade Level: 9-UP
Lexile Measure: 820(Not Available)
Series: Harvest/HBJ Book
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.25" W x 7.95" L (0.29 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Geographic Orientation - California
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
 
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Publisher Description:
Kathryn Forbes's Mama's Bank Account, based on childhood, is the bestselling book that inspired the play, film, and television series, and the Richard Rodgers musical, I Remember Mama.There is no mother in fiction more resourceful, incorruptible, and endearing than the Mama of these charming adventures about an immigrant Norwegian family living in San Francisco in the early 1900s. It is Mama who knows how to deal with the doctor's avaricious wife when Papa needs an operation. It is Mama who finds recompense when the roomer leaves without paying the rent. It is Mama, with her mysterious bank account, who discovers a way to keep her children from growing up afraid. Everyone will remember Mama long after the last page of this book is turned.It is impossible to give in words the warm quality of this little book. It has the lights and shadows that give life depth and meaning. -- Harper's MagazineYou meet one of the nicest family's imaginable; a family that should restore or reinforce your faith in human nature, and give you a great many chuckles in the bargain. -- Philadelphia Inquirer

Contributor Bio(s): Forbes, Kathryn: - Kathryn Forbes based the characters and adventures of Mama's Bank Account on her own life growing up in San Francisco. She died in 1966.

 
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