"Just a Housewife"

Author: Glenna Matthews

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1989-05-11

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0190281650

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Housewives constitute a large section of the population, yet they have received very little attention, let alone respect. Glenna Matthews, who herself spent many years as "just a housewife" before becoming a scholar of American history, sets out to redress this imbalance. While the male world of work has always received the most respect, Matthews maintains that widespread reverence for the home prevailed in the nineteenth century. The early stages of industrialization made possible a strong tradition of cooking, baking, and sewing that gave women great satisfaction and a place in the world. Viewed as the center of republican virtue, the home also played an important religious role. Examining novels, letters, popular magazines, and cookbooks, Matthews seeks to depict what women had and what they have lost in modern times. She argues that the culture of professionalism in the late nineteenth century and the culture of consumption that came to fruition in the 1920s combined to kill off the "cult of domesticity." This important, challenging book sheds new light on a central aspect of human experience: the essential task of providing a society's nurture and daily maintenance.


American Housewife

American Housewife

Author: Helen Ellis

Publisher: Anchor

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 038554104X

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A raucous, whip-smart collection of stories featuring retro-feminist ladies who lunch.” —Elle Meet the women of American Housewife. They wear lipstick, pearls, and sunscreen, even when it’s cloudy. They casserole. They pinwheel. And then they kill a party crasher, carefully stepping around the body to pull cookies from the oven. Taking us from a haunted pre-war Manhattan apartment building to the unique initiation ritual of a book club, these twelve delightfully demented stories are a refreshing and wicked answer to the question: “What do housewives do all day?”


Secrets of a Housewife

Secrets of a Housewife

Author: J. Tremble

Publisher: Dafina Books

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 0758263236

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A successful career, a beautiful wife and children and his pick of the sexiest women in town. It seems Tarron has the best of both worlds as he manages to indulge in wild nights out with his lover and quiet nights at home with his family. But the party is about to end. When Tarron's cheating ways are revealed, his cool-headed wife, Secret, handles it like a pro. That's partly because, true to her name, Secret is hiding some bad behaviour of her own. And now, as Secret starts to truly live out her fantasies, neither she nor Tarron may be ready for the consequences.


How to Be an American Housewife

How to Be an American Housewife

Author: Margaret Dilloway

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-08-05

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 110118924X

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A mother-daughter story about the strong pull of tradition, and the lure and cost of breaking free of it. When Shoko decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan, she had her parents' blessing, her brother's scorn, and a gift from her husband-a book on how to be a proper American housewife. As she crossed the ocean to America, Shoko also brought with her a secret she would need to keep her entire life... Half a century later, Shoko's plans to finally return to Japan and reconcile with her brother are derailed by illness. In her place, she sends her grown American daughter, Sue, a divorced single mother whose own life isn't what she hoped for. As Sue takes in Japan, with all its beauty and contradictions, she discovers another side to her mother and returns to America unexpectedly changed and irrevocably touched.


The Actor and the Housewife

The Actor and the Housewife

Author: Shannon Hale

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-06-14

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1608192555

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This magical story explores what could happen when one woman's not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything.


Housewife Theologian

Housewife Theologian

Author: Aimee Byrd

Publisher: P & R Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781596386655

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Women who want God to be more than superficially in their lives can rise above the world's expectations by becoming housewife theologians finding true meaning and true worship everyday. Great for journaling and for group discussion.


You Can Turn a Whore Into a Housewife

You Can Turn a Whore Into a Housewife

Author: LaToya Innocent

Publisher:

Published: 2013-08-24

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9781492247135

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FromWhore...When her first marriage failed, a trip to New York was all that LaDonya Charles needed to boost up. her ego . She moved quickly up through the ranks rising higher and higher in positions at every job she undertook. All that was still missing was the true love she longed for so desperately in her life. Eventually, she would find this special brand of love again, after three failed relationships, but not until well after LaDonya was fed up with men perpetually taking advan-tage of her. From being molested as a young child, -to being physically and mentally abused as an adult, LaDonya had paid virtually every price and hadsuffered every indignity. Finally, she set out on a tumultuous quest,naming her own prices and setting all the rules, wreaking revenge on any and all who crossed her path....To Housewife...For fighting her battle with Lupus, Malcolm was just what the doctor had ordered. The competition to win her heart was fierce. With all the walls that she put up to protect herself, LaDonya couldn't believe that another man was winning her heart. All bets were off. But was he gonna be what made her stop running through men and their money??? "The one" who would have the will and the courage to help her turn her life around?


Lies of a Real Housewife

Lies of a Real Housewife

Author: Angela Stanton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-07-04

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781548547042

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Lies of a Real Housewife: Tell the Truth and Shame the Devil By Angela Stanton


Diary of a Bad Housewife

Diary of a Bad Housewife

Author: Emma Beasley

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2015-11-09

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781517368418

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I have three kids, four cats, two dogs, one husband, and a migraine. My oldest son is an MD: Manic Depressive. My middle child won't be happy until she has lost enough weight to buy her clothes in the Barbie aisle. My youngest son sleeps all day and prowls around all night. I don't have his test results back yet, but I'm pretty sure he's a vampire. Life is like a box of chocolates for some. For me, it's more like the popular board game by Parker Bros: Monotony. No matter how meticulously I sweep, mop, and vacuum, I turn around and have to do it all again in six months. There was a time when an unfulfilled housewife could stick her head inside a gas oven and end it all while still retaining a modicum of dignity. If my husband comes home from work to find my head in the microwave, I'm just going to look silly. The afterlife is likely overrated anyway. Take the silk gowns for example. Ironically, most women wouldn't be caught dead wearing white after labor day. Besides, neatness has never been my strong suit. I will spill coffee or grape juice on it the first day. In other words, I'll be doing laundry again. And if that silk doesn't need to be dry cleaned, those wings surely will. I'm a realist. My husband imagines spending eternity lounging around on a fluffy cloud and doing absolutely nothing - a role for which he is supremely qualified. I, on the other hand, anticipate that the cloud's moisture will make my hair go limp. Heaven might not be an option because my husband is an atheist and I'm exhausted. People sometimes ask if that concerns me. What they don't realize is that when you're married, as long as you and your spouse are together for the rest of eternity, you're going to be in hell either way.