{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-good-wife-185124381x","title":"How to Be a Good Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 185124381X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bodleian Library\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDont think that your wife has placed waste-paper baskets in the rooms as ornaments.Dont forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him.Marriage 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 theyve been joined in matrimony. But long before Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, couples turned to self-help booklets such as How to Be a GoodHusband and How to Be a Good Wife, two historic advice books that are now delightfully reproduced by the Bodleian Library.The 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 Some advice is unquestionably outdated-It is a wifes duty to look her best. If you dont tidy yourself up, dont 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: Dont 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 Dont 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.Entertaining and charmingly illustrated, How to Be a Good Husband and How to Be a Good Wife offer enduringly useful advice for all couples, from the newly engaged to those celebrating their golden anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51971916202272,"sku":"NEW185124381X","price":13.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/4124_9Z8mxL.jpg?v=1783785989","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-good-wife-185124381x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}