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...