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How to Get Things Really Flat: Enlightenment for Every Man on Ironing, Vacuuming and Other Household Arts
Perfectly pitched to strike some raw nerves: A witty, often surprising manifesto about how and why men should do housework and a very useful guide for both the millions of men who shirk household duties and the women who live with them
Paperback, 223 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by Experiment
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Have you ever seen the novelty book called Porn for Women? It features good-looking men doing housework with captions such as "Is this how you want the shirts folded?" or "I like to get started on the dishes right away."
How To Get Things Really Flat by Andrew Martin is the literary equivalent of Porn for Women ... except without the photos. Imagine an entire book dedicated to the art and "joys" of housekeeping written entirely by a man and for men!
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How To Get Things Really Flat by Andrew Martin is the literary equivalent of Porn for Women ... except without the photos. Imagine an entire book dedicated to the art and "joys" of housekeeping written entirely by a man and for men!
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The book was hilaaaaaaarious! It was totally helpful with household tips... and I'm such a housewife (it's disgusting) so I thought it was completely awesome. People... not just "clueless men"... who don't know much about house work would really benefit from the book.
Martin writes about his personal experiences, and makes the not-so-awesome house keeper feel much better about themselves since they know that they aren't the only idiot when it comes to household work. The ma...more
Martin writes about his personal experiences, and makes the not-so-awesome house keeper feel much better about themselves since they know that they aren't the only idiot when it comes to household work. The ma...more
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I am not a man, but I still liked this book. My housekeeping skills/expectations seem to be dropping the older I get, so I figured I would read this to see if it might spur me on. It didn't, but at least I now know my attitude is no worse than that of most men. And the author is clever and witty. And British - so I also now know a lot more about British cleaning products and vocabulary. Should I ever need it. :)
A light and humorous book on the finer aspects of housekeeping from a male point of view. Be aware the author is British and the subject matter is from the English point of view. Fortunately the author is considerate enough to place plenty of footnotes explaining terms for the American reader. You will find yourself chuckling as you read through this entertaining book.
From a British historical novel author, a series of unexpectedly hilarious non-fiction essays astonishingly about some of my most favorite targets, including: wonky Tesco shopping trolleys and the ironing habits of the French Foreign Legion.
the house we live in gave nick this book as a winter solstice gift.
i read it.
it's great - funny, easy to read, good pace and clever story telling with bits of house-maintenance advice woven through.
i read it.
it's great - funny, easy to read, good pace and clever story telling with bits of house-maintenance advice woven through.
Surprisingly informative and hilarious in some places (I especially liked the "apartheid" of coloured and white clothes!)
Something to read on the tube or at the doctor's.
Something to read on the tube or at the doctor's.
Hilarious and practical. I guess I just appreciate great writing, regardless of the subject. If this guy make cleaning funny, I'd like to read the first novel he writes.
Not as informative as I thought, but damn funny.
amusing and informative, a sensible and realiztic look at houskeeping. men should read it, and it wouldn't hurt a few women to read it, either.
Heather
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Andrew Martin (born 6 July 1962) is an English novelist and journalist.
Martin was brought up in Yorkshire, studied at the University of Oxford and qualified as a barrister. He has since worked as a freelance journalist for a number of publications w...more
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Andrew Martin (born 6 July 1962) is an English novelist and journalist.
Martin was brought up in Yorkshire, studied at the University of Oxford and qualified as a barrister. He has since worked as a freelance journalist for a number of publications w...more
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