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The Distracted Housewife's Library
A Listmania! list by Cath Homer (Aberystwyth, Wales)

1. Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House: The Art and Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson

The list author says:
	"Achingly comprehensive, but it never lets me down."

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2. The New Messies Manual: The Procrastinator's Guide to Good Housekeeping by Sandra Felton

The list author says:
	"A bit evangelical (and very American) but if you're messy, this book could change everything."

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3. Rita's Tips For Domestic Bliss: How to Live by Rita Konig

The list author says:
	"Seriously stylish, with some great ideas. I've tried quite a few things from this book."

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4. House Rules by Clare Coulson

The list author says:
	"I wish I had time to be as glamorous as the people in this book. I don't have a guest room, let alone a laundry room. I can dream, though..."

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5. Tidy Your Room: Getting Your Kids to Do the Things They Hate by Jane Bidder

The list author says:
	"This stuff really works. My two-year old now dusts, polishes and is desperate to help. Hope it lasts..."

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6. The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining by Erika Lenkert

The list author says:
	"If I ever have time to party again... Very good for general entertaining ideas, too - and some fab recipes."

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7. How Not to Be a Perfect Mother: The International Bestseller by Libby Purves

The list author says:
	"THE best parenting book I've found. Funny too."

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8. How Not to Raise the Perfect Child by Libby Purves

The list author says:
	"And again."

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9. How Not to be a Perfect Family by Libby Purves

The list author says:
	"And again."

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10. New Toddler Taming: A Parents' Guide to the First Four Years by Dr. Christopher Green

The list author says:
	"Not as funny, but very helpful indeed. I especially recommend the section on sleep and controlled crying. It works for us, though the whole 'sedation' thing is still baffling."

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11. Mr Thrifty's How to Save Money on Absolutely Everything by Jane Furnival

The list author says:
	"I bought for my husband. We already did nearly everything in it, but it made us feel good!"

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12. How To Eat: The Pleasures and Principles of Good Food (Cookery) by Nigella Lawson

The list author says:
	"I've got 200+ cookery books and this is my favourite. Covered in splatters of God-knows-what and in use constantly. Can't praise it enough!"

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13. Lunches by Claire Macdonald

The list author says:
	"This book, and the accompanying 'Suppers' rate very highly with me. Good, sensible, family food."

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14. Suppers by Claire Macdonald

The list author says:
	"This and 'Lunches' (above) are great favourites. Wholly unpretentious, and the recipes always work."

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15. If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?! by Cynthia Heimel

The list author says:
	"This is my favourite one, but EVERY woman should read ALL of Cynthia Heimel's books. They are, quite simply, brilliant, even if they are by now a little dated."

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