Life in the modern household has become much more complicated than it was for previous generations. Our roles are increasingly multi-layered, our ambitions further reaching and our expectations completely unreasonable. Juggle asuccessful and fulfilling career with raising children/pets, servicing the car/bike, maintaining a social life, exercising, cooking a balanced diet, repairing the broken kitchen pipes and managing a regular grooming schedule? Completely doable, intheory. But how exactly? What to Do about Everything is the ultimate householders' guide to twentyfirst century living. It covers everything from changing a tyre to surviving divorce, and addresses all sorts of households, not just the traditional nuclearfamily. Applying cast-iron information and empathy to all aspects of domestic life, Barbara Toner has ensured that anyone with a roof over their head can dip into it and find the help they need, whether it's how to darn a sock, hire aplumber, light a fire, leave their husband or decide they're gay after all. This comprehensive book covers household relationships, time management, household administration, money, where to live, home renovations, chores,clothes care, food, home repairs, transport, childcare and rearing, grooming and healthcare, holidays, home entertainment, socialising etiquette, life changes (death, job loss, moving) and much more. Modern life is stressful. Nothing contains stress better than order; nothing relieves it better than knowing what must be done.
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Barbara Toner is well known as a novelist, scriptwriter and columnist, her most recent being a weekly in the Guardian in the UK. She and her husband spend half the year in London and half on the south coast of New South Wales.
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I heard about this book when the author was interviewed on Women's Hour(BBC Radio 4). I thought it would make a good present for a girlfriend who is about to get married. It arrived, I had a quick flick through and then couldn't put it down. Its full of practical and thought provoking advice, which I kind of expected. I didn't expect it to be funny, honest and such an entertaining read. I'm keeping a copy for myself and also thinking of buying one for a male friend who is going through a divorce. If he can master the contents, I don't think that he will be alone for very long!
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I bought this book for a friend's 30th birthday after hearing the author interviewed on Woman's Hour. I have now bought three more copies for three more friends and one for myself. No one will be getting any thing else for their birthday this year. This book is fascinating, practical and laugh out loud hilarious. You have to read it.
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I read about this book in YOU magazine a couple of weeks ago so went out and bought a copy. Love the writing style and was surprised to find I read it from cover to cover, rather than dipping in and out of chapters. The advice is spot on - pragmatic, relevant and very, very amusing.
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