Innside Nantucket, by Frank Gilbreth

My neighbor helpfully informed me the other day that Frank Gilbreth (the co-author of Cheaper by the Dozen) wrote several other books as well. I trekked to our local library, and discovered one of the best books I have read in a long time. This hilarious and down-to-earth book tells the story of a young couple (and a baby) who decide to risk all and fulfill their dream of running an inn on Nantucket Island. The book is told from the story of the wife, who recounts honestly the shock of marrying into the Gilbreth Family (can you imagine being married to the youngest of 12 kids, all of whom believe that advice should be given always regardless of circumstance?), spending a honeymoon on Nantucket (her idea of a vacation was a comfy B&B on the mainland), and the trials of the sometimes downright odd guests who came to stay during the first season of the Anchor Inn. My favorite was the story of the older lady who wanted her morning egg boiled for exactly 3 minutes, and who banged on the floor whenever the baby whimpered. The Gilbreth's solution was to borrow a large, smelly, utterly disreputable dog (owned by Gilbreth in-laws, of course:). Read this book and laugh hysterically, as I did.