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Mama's Bank Account

by Kathryn Forbes · 1943

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Mama's Bank Account (Harvest/HBJ Book)

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.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
immigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of this
Setting
San FranciscoSan FranciscoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Mood
inspirationalinspirationalMore like thisLess of this
Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultadult
Length
short · 160 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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