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In this witty look at our obsession with cleaning, Horsfield confronts her own dirt demons & scours the social, historical, literary, & psychological nooks & crannies of the world of household chores. Through historical research, countless interviews & an analysis of characters from novels & advertising, she presents such memorable personalities as the woman who sends her small daughter to walk around other people s houses in white tights. From demented television housewives to the redoubtable Mrs. Beeton, this book runs the gamut of ideas & emotions & throws light on a subject that is rich, strange &, oddly enough, highly entertaining.
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"Good, clean fun...A spiffy book, but please don't tell my mother I said that." --Andrea Higbie, The New York Times Book Review
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"Horsfield wrings something quite wonderful here, an often fascinating social history that by turns will have you flailing under the beds for dust devils and laughing until your sides ache." --The Miami Herald
"An entertaining combination of literary tidbits, social history, and personal recollections...wise and witty." --The Boston Globe
"A touchingly obsessive display of research devoted to the history of scrubbing, vacuuming, bleaching and dusting." --Baltimore Sun
Margaret Horsfield has been a reporter for the BBC, the CBC, The Guardian, The Independent and She magazine. She lives in British Columbia with her daughter.
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- PublisherFourth Estate, Limited
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1857026756
- ISBN 13 9781857026757
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