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Kathryn Forbes


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
March 20, 1908

Died
May 15, 1966



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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Mama's Bank Account

4.25 avg rating — 3,367 ratings — published 1943 — 52 editions
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Transfer Point

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