Bab, only twenty months younger than her sister, the officialdebutante, rebels against her treatment by her family. Set duringthe pre-World War I era, when women's roles were rapidly changing,Bab determines to assert her independence through this series ofmisadventures and mysteries. . . . "I am writing all of this astruthfully as I can. I am not defending myself. What I did I wasdriven to, as any one can see. It takes a real shock to make theaverage Familey wake up to the fact that the youngest daughter isnot the Familey baby at seventeen. All I was doing was furnishingthe shock. If things turned out badly, as they did, it was becauseI rather overdid the thing. That is all. My motives were perfectlyireproachible." - Bab And this Bab feels through all of herhilarious and at times dangerous adventures to prove she is notjust a Sub-Deb. Written by that master of mystery and humor, MaryRoberts Rinehart, Bab is a delightful combination of both.