{"title":"Bodleian Libraries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bodleian Libraries collection offers thoughtful insights into family dynamics and personal growth. Readers can explore perspectives on relationships, domestic life, and the nuances of parenting through evocative storytelling and reflective essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith titles like \u003cem\u003eHow to Be a Good Wife\u003c\/em\u003e, this collection delves into the complexities of everyday roles and expectations, inviting readers to consider love, duty, and identity within the intimate sphere of family and home.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-good-wife-by-bodleian-libraries-9781851243815","title":"How to Be a Good Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe art of being a good wife is not an easy one. \u003cem\u003eHow to Be a Good Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is a guide written in the 1930s for the middle classes, marking one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains delightfully arcane and timelessly true advice: After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe art of being a good wife is not an easy one. This little guide was written for the middle classes of the 1930s who were reading one of the first modern self-help books. Illustrated with contemporary line-drawings, it contains advice by turns delightfully arcane and timelessly true, for example: It is a wife's duty to look her best. If you don't tidy yourself up, when you have done the bulk of the day's work, don't be surprised if your husband begins to compare you unfavourably with the typist at the office. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDon't forget that a wife can always set the standard of behaviour for the home. If she allows laxities of dress or conversation at the table, she will soon find that they become a fixed procedure. Don't forget that very true remark that while face powder may catch a man, baking powder is the stuff to hold him. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDon't criticise the food at your own table when you are entertaining and especially refrain from doing so before the servants. After all is said and done, husbands are not terribly difficult to manage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424286097644,"sku":"9781851243815","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781851243815.jpg?v=1774768713"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/bodleian-libraries.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}