- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World; First Edition edition (1962)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007DNI04
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.2 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,319,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have learned a lot from this book. When you have four or five jobs to do at home, START THEM ALL. Then potter between them, and somehow they'll all get done. Be a random housewife - if your eye lights on a dusty shelf when you've got an armful of dirty washing, wipe it with a dirty teeshirt. That checked kilt may look lovely on the model in the picture - but on your five foot three frame? I think I'll pass on wearing perfume in my mouth or using vinegar and salt to clean the bath, but I loved reading about it. Peg Bracken was a very funny lady.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
A Woman After My Own Heart
9 Sep 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Finally, some cleaning advice that I can use! Peg Bracken sorts the wheat from the chaff and passes on realistic tips and techniques for those of us who would rather be doing just about ANYTHING but cleaning house. This book is the perfect remedy for anyone who has ever passed out after reading one of those housekeeping books that expect you to jump through 101 hoops in order to keep the house clean. Since it was written 40 years ago, some of Bracken's personal comments may seem a little outdated, but her witty, conversational style more than makes up for this. I have never before laughed out loud while learning the best way to polish silver. This book is a must-have for anybody whose domestic skills could best be classified as "random".
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Definately time for reprint.
18 Sep 1999
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I inherited this book and I had no idea that anyone else had shared my totally insatiable need to read and reread this little treasure. I thought that Peg Bracken was my personal little treasure trove. Although the book was written and published A DECADE before I was born, it has been time honored and continues to be THE HOUSEKEEPING BOOK FOR ALL GENERATIONS.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
finally!
26 Aug 2005
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I love this book and I only started reading it tonight. I've never come across any housecleaning book, no matter how useful and sensible, that has as realistic tips as some of the ones in found in this little paperback. The part about starting all of your tasks at once so that you have no option but to do them instead of writing a list that you never complete is so dead on perfect for anyone with a personality like mine that it alone would make this a great book. Procrastinating and random housekeepers should definitely check this out. Specific cleaning tips, ways to save a bit of money, recipes, how to remember things, and more.
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