{"product_id":"the-home-maker-paperback","title":"The Home-Maker - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy Canfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMark J. Madigan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvangeline Knapp is the perfect, compulsive housekeeper, while her husband, Lester, is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed: Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the US, \u003cb\u003eDorothy Canfield Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (1879 - 1958) brought the Montessori Method of child-rearing to America, presided over the country's first adult education program, and influenced American literary tastes as a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club selection committee from 1926 to 1951. A committed educational reformer and social activist, the popular Arlington, VT writer produced 22 works of fiction and 18 nonfiction books on a wide range of subjects. \u003cb\u003eMark J. Madigan\u003c\/b\u003e, who provides an introduction, teaches English at the University of Vermont and is editor of Fisher's \u003ci\u003eThe Bedquilt and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003eKeeping Fires Night and Day: Selected Letters of Dorothy Canfield Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e (1993).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764239302944,"sku":"9780897330695","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a2c1835e8bf5233bea28a71fda52d734.webp?v=1780246504","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-home-maker-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}