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Who Gets the Drumstick?: The Story of the Beardsley Family

Helen Eileen Beardsley was the mother of the famous blended family of twenty children — eight by her first marriage to Richard North, ten stepchildren from the first marriage of her second husband Frank Beardsley, and two that she and Frank had during their marriage. She wrote Who Gets the Drumstick?about her family's experience. The book inspired two motion pictures titled Yours, Mine and Ours, a 1968 version starring Lucille Ball and a 2005 remake with Rene Russo.

Subject
biography
Genre
humor
Themes
Christian
Setting
1960s
Audience
adult
Length
short · 122 pages

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