{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-good-wife-9781851243815","title":"How to Be a Good Wife","description":"\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 \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 Some advice is unquestionably outdated--\"It is a wife's duty to look her best.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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851243815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.70h x 4.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/14\/2008 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917407948981,"sku":"9781851243815","price":9.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fa68a2dd-dfc5-4224-89dd-c9dd4d6fc2d1.jpg?v=1687284344","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/how-to-be-a-good-wife-9781851243815","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}