Kathryn Forbes



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Kathryn Forbes

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born
March 20, 1908 in The United States

died
May 15, 1966

gender
female


About this author

Forbes, born Kathryn Anderson, was the granddaughter of Norwegian immigrants. She was a writer best known for Mama's Bank Account, a fictionalized memoir about a Norwegian family in 1920s San Francisco. The book focused on the warmhearted family and its struggles and dreams. The book inspired first a play, then a movie, and finally a TV series, all called I Remember Mama.


Forbes also published novel called Transfer Point, about a daughter of divorced parents. This was considered to have been based on Forbes' own childhood.


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Books by Kathryn Forbes

Average rating: 4.19 · 555 ratings · 125 reviews · 2 distinct works
Mama's Bank Account
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 557 ratings — published 1943 — 7 editions
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Transfer Point
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1947
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