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等等！我买书的时候以为书名的意思是《如何独自一人逃离你的家》，但是看完前言之后意识到这本可能是在讲《如何让你的家保持整洁》……完蛋（。

A strange mix of inherent, accepted, misogyny and female empowerment, deeply rooted in 1949, but with a few surprises. For instance, when getting children to help with chores (from age 5), "Don't differentiate between boys and girls".
Fascinating, funny, horrific.

Review to come.

“Bedmaking can be quite a pleasant interlude from the dusting and sweeping.”
The relentless cheerfulness about the daunting, exhaustive, and exhausting regime of solo housewifery and cleaning is comical from a distance of 70 years, but shocking to contemplate for real.
Although rationing was still in force in ‘49, there was now liquid soap substitute for washing dishes, so
“One can luxuriate in nice sudsy water”.

I’m beginning to feel a bit inadequate on the housekeeping front...