{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-good-wife-hardcover","title":"How to Be a Good Wife - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBodleian Library\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarriage can be a series of humorous miscommunications, a power struggle, or a diplomatic nightmare. Men and women have long struggled to figure each other out--and the misunderstandings can continue well after they've been joined in matrimony. But long before \u003ci\u003eMen Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus\u003c\/i\u003e, couples turned to self-help booklets such as \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Good\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eHusband \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Good Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, two historic advice books that are now delightfully reproduced by the Bodleian Library.\u003cbr\u003eThe books, originally published in the 1930s for middle-class British couples, are filled with witty and charming aphorisms on how wives and husbands should treat each other. Some advice is unquestionably outdated--\"It is a wife's duty to look her best. If you don't tidy yourself up, don't be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavorably with the typist at the office\"--but many other pieces of advice are wholly applicable today. They include such insightful sayings as: \"Don't tell your wife terminological inexactitudes, which are, in plain English, lies. A woman has wonderful intuition for spotting even minor departures from the truth\"; \"After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage\"; or \"Don't squeeze the tube of toothpaste from the top instead of from the bottom. This is one of the small things of life that always irritates a careful wife.\"\u003cbr\u003eEntertaining and charmingly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Good Husband\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Be a Good Wife\u003c\/i\u003e offer enduringly useful advice for all couples, from the newly engaged to those celebrating their golden anniversary.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 3.7 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770096156960,"sku":"9781851243815","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69d10f75b33596fee7c67df55ee2e083.webp?v=1780364248","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-good-wife-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}