22 and the Mother of 11

<p>Just out of college Betty Jane adventures from Tennessee to Seward Alaska to become a housemother at Jesse Lee Home for children. She arrives fearful that someone will learn of her romantic adventures enroute and find them unbecoming of a young woman who was sent by the Methodist church to care for eleven little boys. With no parenting skills how will she wade through all of the children's disputes temper tantrums and tattling? Was her new reality that of referee disciplinarian counselor nurse as well as housemother? She soon learns these are the minimum instant mother qualifications. 22 and the Mother of 11 is an engaging delightful entertaining and humorous Alaska memoir. </p>