Mama's Bank Account Author:Kathryn Forbes From DJ end flap -- Mama is one of the most unforgettable characters you've ever met. She's a superb and refreshing person, always delightful and often just a little bit unpredictable. For Mama life was often hard and discouraging, but never complicated by half-way values. Things were right or wrong, black or white. Mama tackled a problem by loo... more »king squarely into the middle of it, and searching her heart for an answer. When she found it, she stood her ground. This tremendously appealing story of the gradual Americanization of a Norwegian family under Mama's guiding hand is a true one, for it's about Kathryn Forbes' own family. She first started writing about them in the Reader's Digest and the appeal was so great that readers clamored for momre. This book is the result of that demand and is the full, rounded story of Mama and her family -- Papa, Nels, Katrin, Dagmar, Christine, and fierce, woman-hating Uncle Chris. Its warm values will make readers say, as Mama herself says when she's pleased, "Is good."« less