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Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

📘 The home-maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A dreamy, poetic husband utterly unfitted for the accountant's job he holds at a store, and his bossy controlling wife, whose three children are terrified to death of her OCD demands on them live in an uneasy. truce together. Then an accident happens, forcing a role reversal that warms the entire household into blossoming into their particular strengths. In a series of unexpected turns, the couple learns to appreciate each other's strengths and embraces the unexpected, leading to a newfound sense of happiness and fulfillment.

First publish date: 1924

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

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