The Home-maker
by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Taste attributes: familydramacomedyslowrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA realistic family novel that is stirring and slow-burning. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
3 ratings
About This Book
A dreamy, poetic husband utterly unfitted for the accountant's job he holds at a store, and his bossy controlling wife, whose three children are terrified to death of her OCD demands on them live in an uneasy. truce together. Then an accident happens, forcing a role reversal that warms the entire household into blossoming into their particulars strengths.
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- Author
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Published
- 1924
- Pages
- 320
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- Open Library
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