Shows how Mama, with the help of her husband and Uncle Chris, brings up the children in their modest San Francisco home during the early years of the century.

Mama, a sweet and capable manager, sees her children through childhood, manages to educate them and to see one of her daughters begin her career as a writer. Mama's sisters and uncle furnish a rich background for a great deal of comedy and a little incidental tragedy, while the doings of the children manager to keep everyone in pleasant turmoil. No description can do justice to the rich characterizations that fill the author's canvas.

One of the most heartwarming studies of American family life yet to reach the stage and one of the great favourites among non-professionals.