{"product_id":"2026200010342-secondhand-superwoman","title":"Superwoman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\n\nBeyond 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130692739291,"sku":"2026200010342-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/07aaaa0c-3353-4355-b41d-811372cebe2b.png?v=1786588567","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010342-secondhand-superwoman","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}