The I Hate to Housekeep Book

by Peg Bracken

Book Overview

Practical guide to instant housekeeping This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: B000HAUWMO
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: New York, Fawcett Crest
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.

Customer Reviews

finally!

I love this book and I only started reading it tonight. I've never come across any housecleaning book, no matter how useful and sensible, that has as realistic tips as some of the ones in found in this little paperback. The part about starting all of your tasks at once so that you have no option but to do them instead of writing a list that you never complete is so dead on perfect for anyone with a personality like mine that it alone would make this a great book. Procrastinating and random housekeepers should definitely check this out. Specific cleaning tips, ways to save a bit of money, recipes, how to remember things, and more.

Excellent!

I love this book. It is not only very useful, but very ecologically advanced for the time it was written (i.e. you don't need 5 cleaning products for 5 jobs if one will do). I still use the hints, and nobody complains about my house.Also includes good recipes and menus--simple ones that don't cost too much.

Definately time for reprint.

I inherited this book and I had no idea that anyone else had shared my totally insatiable need to read and reread this little treasure. I thought that Peg Bracken was my personal little treasure trove. Although the book was written and published A DECADE before I was born, it has been time honored and continues to be THE HOUSEKEEPING BOOK FOR ALL GENERATIONS.

A Woman After My Own Heart

Finally, some cleaning advice that I can use! Peg Bracken sorts the wheat from the chaff and passes on realistic tips and techniques for those of us who would rather be doing just about ANYTHING but cleaning house. This book is the perfect remedy for anyone who has ever passed out after reading one of those housekeeping books that expect you to jump through 101 hoops in order to keep the house clean. Since it was written 40 years ago, some of Bracken's personal comments may seem a little outdated, but her witty, conversational style more than makes up for this. I have never before laughed out loud while learning the best way to polish silver. This book is a must-have for anybody whose domestic skills could best be classified as "random".

Time to reprint!

For years, I've used "The I Hate to Cook Book" and "The I Hate to Housekeep Book" when I needed to give a small gift to persons just leaving their parents' home for their own place, or for newlyweds. Great laughs and useful info.