172, [8] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles and white checkerboard design on front board and spine. Norris's first book, Mother is in part a commentary against birth control. She wrote for The Atlantic, McClure's, etc., and was one of the most successful female writers in early 20th century America. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Kathleen Thompson Norris (July 16, 1880, San Francisco, California - January 18, 1966, Palo Alto, California) was an American novelist and wife of fellow writer Charles Norris, whom she wed in 1909. She was educated in a special course at the University of California and wrote many popular romance novels that some considered sentimental and honest in their prose. Norris was the highest-paid female writer of her time, and many of her novels are held in high regard today. Many of her novels were set in California, particularly the San Francisco area. They feature detailed descriptions of the upper-class lifestyle. After 1910 she contributed to Atlantic, The American Magazine, McClure's, Everybody's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. Her granddaughter Kathleen Norris (San Francisco 1 Mar 1935-San Francisco 8 Dec 1967) was a wife of Prince Andrew Romanov (b.London 21 Jan 1923)."
