{"id":260141,"date":"2026-07-13T17:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/father-does-know-best-lauren-chapin-1\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T17:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:28:14","slug":"father-does-know-best-lauren-chapin-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/father-does-know-best-lauren-chapin-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Father Does Know Best – Lauren Chapin (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After cashing in one of the bonds, we began to look for a car dealer. As luck would have it, A. E. England Pontiac was directly in our line of vision. Pointing to the dealership, I grinned and said, \u201cWatch this.\u201d For a while we just looked over the cars in the lot, then, feeling more bold, we strolled through the showroom. The expressions on the salesmen\u2019s faces showed that they were not impressed with us.<\/p>\n

With our blue jeans, sandals, and casual blouses, coupled with the fact that my size and ponytail made me look fourteen, I was sure that they thought we were a couple of kids playing hookey from school. None of them hurried over to see if they could help us. After a short time spent just looking, a midnight blue 1963 Grand Prix caught my eye. \u201cCome on, Sheri,\u201d I said as I spotted the car. \u201cI\u2019ve found one I like.\u201d When we got to it, I opened the door and looked inside.<\/p>\n

To me it looked like the fanciest piece of machinery in the world. It had a leather interior and wood-covered accessories. Every\u00ac thing about it shouted class. This would be the ultimate vehicle in which to cruise. \u201cSheri, wake me if I\u2019m dreaming, but this is our car!\u201d \u201cYeah,\u201d she agreed, \u201cI can see us in this one.\u201d Across the room, the salesmen had taken all they could. One of them broke from the pack and crossed the showroom. He walked directly up to us and said, \u201cExcuse me, would you mind not putting your fingers all over the car?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, excuse me,\u201d I said as I smiled sweetly, \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to be doing anything wrong. By the way, how much does it cost, and what kind is it?\u201d \u201cIt is a Pontiac Grand Prix, our top-of-the-line model, and it is very expensive.\u201d \u201cI want to buy it,\u201d I grinned. Looking at me as if he thought I was a mental case, he impatiently replied, \u201cA car like this costs a great deal of money.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m afraid that you couldn\u2019t afford it.\u201d At that point I went over to the sticker, looked at the bottom line, smiled back at the man, and said, \u201cI\u2019ll take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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to share this often unsavory story, and when the pieces of my bizarre life begin to fall into an understandable perspective, you will know why it has taken me as long as it has to grasp it for myself, much less to tell it.\u201d \u2014LAUREN CHAPIN \u201cI WATCHED LAUREN GROW UP ON THE SET OF Father Knows Best.<\/p>\n

I loved and respected her then, and I do now. Although she has gone through extremely difficult times, she has once again come out on top.\u201d \u2014ROBERT YOUNG \u201cLAUREN WAS MY DELIGHTFUL TV CHILD. After that, life was not kind to her. I\u2019m sure it took courage to write Father Does Know Best.” \u2014JANE WYATT \u201cLAUREN\u2019S LIFE WAS NO FAIRY TALE, but I can think of no one who better deserves to live happily ever after.\u201d \u2014ELINOR DONAHUE \u201cWITH WHAT I KNOW OF LAUREN\u2019S EARLY LIFE, I\u2019m not surprised she became \u2018Peck\u2019s Bad Girl\u2019 for a time.<\/p>\n

This should be some read.\u201d \u2014BILLY GRAY J Wi- :vv:r:._ – -\u2022’ \u25a0’\u2022I LAUREN (HAPIN WnN ANDREW COUINS B BERKLEY BOOKS. NEW YORK The gender, names, locations, professions, ages, and appearances of the persons whose stories are told in this book have been changed to protect their identities, unless they have granted permission to the author or publisher to do otherwise. This Berkley book contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition. It has been completely reset in a typeface designed for easy reading, and was printed from new film.<\/p>\n

FATHER DOES KNOW BEST A Berkley Book \/ published by arrangement with Thomas Nelson Publishers PRINTING HISTORY Thomas Nelson edition published 1989 Berkley edition \/ May 1990 All rights reserved. Copyright \u00a9 1989 by Lauren Chapin. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission. For information address: Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nelson Place at Elm Hill Pike, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, Tennessee 37214-1000. ISBN: 0-425-12101-1 A BERKLEY BOOK\u00aeTM 757,375 Berkley Books are published by The Berkley Publishing Group, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016.<\/p>\n

The name \u201cBERKLEY\u201d and the \u201cB\u201d logo are trademarks belonging to Berkley Publishing Corporation. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 987654321 TTo ciKvcj 5ummek*y my beloved eKildt^en. we make misfakesy fkeK*e is rvo skame. 3u+ \\f we -[-ai! fo lea\u00bb^Kv I’K’om ou^ mis+akesy skame on us. i_a uK”en Okapi n Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle\/Austin Foundation ‘OiM, https:\/\/archive.Org\/details\/fatherdOeSknOWbeOOOOchap \u2022 La uF^erv^s jKvfK^oducfiorv \u2022 Lauren Ann Chapin was bom on Wednesday, May 23, 1945, in Los Angeles Hospital of the Good Samaritan.<\/p>\n

Like most newborns, this eight-pound baby with big brown eyes was little more than an empty vessel waiting to be filled with the knowledge and the experiences that would make her whole.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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