Christie Harris has achieved a minor miracle [in You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere], a romance-career story that is sparkling and well written, filled with humor that springs naturally from character and situation….

More detailed than Cheaper by the Dozen, it is just as funny. The scenes of family life are wonderful—everyone quipping at the parents' expense, never-failing brotherly wisecracks, and the two young sisters—ardent young conformists—trying to hide their ambitions, their originality and their parents' delightful eccentricities from their young friends…. [This book is a genuine slice of life giving equal attention to] frustrations, successes, and dull stretches…. (p. 19)

Margaret Sherwood Libby, in Book Week—The Washington Post (© I.H.T. Corporation; reprinted by permission), May 17, 1964.