Description
Temporarily out of stock
Title: How to Fake Being Tidy & other things my mother never taught me
Author: SOUTER FENELLA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 30/03/2021
Imprint: ALLEN & UNWIN
Price: $33.00
Publishing status: Active
‘A glorious account of how the little things of life are, of course, the big things’ – Richard Glover
‘Every failed domestic goddess will rock with laughter.’ Shona Martyn
My mother wasn’t much of a housekeeper. She wasn’t much of a cook either, although she tried. She longed to live a more unconventional life. Admirably high-minded, but it meant I never learnt to fold a towel.
In these funny, sometimes poignant stories, award-winning feature writer Fenella Souter celebrates the highs and lows of domestic life – from her attempts to run the house like a grown-up, to lessons in good cooking; from accidentally killing her wisteria, divorcing the cat and shirt-fronting bossy tradies, to wondering if the ‘hostess gift’ is still a thing or why some people have impeccable taste.
With their distinctive wit, they will leave you smiling with recognition at the everyday dramas and dilemmas that can make or break friendships and marriages, turn a house into a home, or let chaos get the upper hand.
‘Chuck out all your self-help guides to gratitude, mindfulness and finding meaning. This book is all you need.’ – Charlotte Wood
‘Sweet, wise and very funny.’ – Danny Katz
ISBN: 9781760878443
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Pages: 280