Superwoman
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At a time when women were being asked to do it all — manage a home, raise a family, and forge a career — Shirley Conran answered with a bold, practical manifesto that became an instant cultural phenomenon. Superwoman is a comprehensive guide to household management that cuts through the chaos of modern domestic life with wit, precision, and an unapologetic confidence, instructing women on everything from time-saving cleaning techniques to budgeting and cooking with ruthless efficiency. Conran's now-iconic declaration, Life is too short to stuff a mushroom, captures the book's liberating philosophy: prioritise what matters, and refuse to be enslaved by domestic perfectionism. Beyond its practical checklists and household strategies, Superwoman stands as a landmark feminist lifestyle text of the 1970s, arguing that managing a home intelligently is an act of self-determination rather than submission. Conran writes with the authority of a woman who has lived the contradictions of modern womanhood, and her prose is brisk, funny, and utterly unpatronising. This specially prepared Australian edition tailors her advice to a new readership — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the domestic burden they have been unnecessarily carrying all along.
Author: Shirley Conran
Format: Paperback
Genre: Lifestyle
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At a time when women were being asked to do it all — manage a home, raise a family, and forge a career — Shirley Conran answered with a bold, practical manifesto that became an instant cultural phenomenon. Superwoman is a comprehensive guide to household management that cuts through the chaos of modern domestic life with wit, precision, and an unapologetic confidence, instructing women on everything from time-saving cleaning techniques to budgeting and cooking with ruthless efficiency. Conran's now-iconic declaration, Life is too short to stuff a mushroom, captures the book's liberating philosophy: prioritise what matters, and refuse to be enslaved by domestic perfectionism. Beyond its practical checklists and household strategies, Superwoman stands as a landmark feminist lifestyle text of the 1970s, arguing that managing a home intelligently is an act of self-determination rather than submission. Conran writes with the authority of a woman who has lived the contradictions of modern womanhood, and her prose is brisk, funny, and utterly unpatronising. This specially prepared Australian edition tailors her advice to a new readership — leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the domestic burden they have been unnecessarily carrying all along.