{"product_id":"home-comforts","title":"Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA classic bestselling resource for every household, \u003ci\u003eHome Comforts\u003c\/i\u003e helps you manage everyday chores, find creative solutions to domestic dilemmas, and enhance the experience of life at home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHome Comforts\u003c\/i\u003e is to the house what \u003ci\u003eJoy of Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e is to food.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Comforts \u003c\/i\u003eis an engaging and comprehensive book about housekeeping. It is a lively and readable guide for both beginners and experts in all the domestic arts. From keeping surfaces free of germs, watering plants, removing stains, folding a fitted sheet, cleaning china, tuning a piano, lighting a fire, setting the dining room table--this guide covers everything that people might want to do for themselves in their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther topics include: making up a bed with hospital corners, expert recommendations for safe food storage, reading care labels (and sometimes carefully disregarding them), keeping your home free of dust mites and other allergens, this is a practical, good-humored, philosophical guidebook to the art and science of household management.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheryl Mendelson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a Harvard Law School graduate, a sometime philosophy professor, a novelist ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMorningside Heights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove, Work, Children),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand a homemaker by choice. Born into a rural family in Greene County, Pennsylvania, she now lives in New York City with her husband.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The bible of good housekeeping.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eHome Comforts\u003c\/i\u003e is to the house what \u003ci\u003eJoy of Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e is to food.\"\u003cstrong\u003e-- \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mesmerizing -- and, in its own way, revolutionary.\"\u003cstrong\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extraordinary achievement that has no peer in this century and may well have none in the next.\"\u003cstrong\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There's only one book to own if you want to be serious about your housekeeping: Cheryl Mendelson's magesterial HOME COMFORTS.\"\u003cstrong\u003e--Dwight Garner, The New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54428351234358,"sku":"9780743272865","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/imageloader_9c56e42b-71b4-4958-8dc5-06c5c4d614a7.jpg?v=1787172870","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/home-comforts","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}