I think this is particularly useful for someone like me who didn't have a mother or grandmother to teach me things like how to treat a stain or how to remove rust and other little neat tricks around the house. Even for someone who did have a mom around, my cousin who I passed my copy of the book ...
In reading the author's introduction and the profiles of the grandmothers she consulted I felt excited to learn new things. However, I was soon disappointed. Many of the tips involve basic life skill that would be terrifying to contemplate people making it to adulthood without knowing, like how t...
When you don’t really know what to do, ask for help. If you don’t do that, you’re not being fair to yourself or anybody else.”—FRANK WALTERHOW TO HANDLE BAD NEWSStep 1: Meet it head-on. Whether on not you had prior warning that bad news was coming, don’t hide from it. Take it with your chin up. A...