Forgotten Classics and Other Lesser Known Books (or No One Has Read this but Me!) discussion

Hello all -- who will be joining me in September? I have the book from my university library and am ready to go.

My only previous experience with Dorothy Canfield Fisher is that my daughter and I read Understood Betsy together 20 years ago. Now I'm very interested in The Home-Maker, which tackles gender and marital roles in the 1920s, when those roles weren't often questioned as they are today.

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I hope several of you plan on reading with me, starting next week.

I'm on the wait list at openlibrary.org, #3... I'll try to get it through out-of-system ILL but that might take awhile. I'm not sufficiently interested to buy it.

My copy is on its way, and I'm looking forward to joining the discussion.

I've put my name on the wait list at open library. After Cheryl I guess.

My copy arrived today! I'm looking forward to this discussion and will start the book this coming weekend.

Oh how wonderful. I read it all today, over a few sittings. So relevant! I always think of suffragettes and then a big gap and then Betty Friedan when I think of pioneering feminists, but here's a wonderful look at the issues from 1924. Thank you everyone who chose this for our BotM!

There are a couple of casually racist remarks that don't mean anything, and a few references to obsolete artifacts of century-old culture, but most of it is spot-on human psychology. We've certainly come a long way, but otoh we still have our Mrs. Andersons and other dragging influences. I highly recommend this book!

I don't want to return it already, but I will for the sake of ConnieD and any of the rest of you. :)

Oops! I was wondering how I got it so soon!
Well, imo it's worth the wait, even the interruption.

Besides the major theme about finding one's true calling, there's a dig at materialism/ consumer culture. and a big ol' reminder about how stress makes ppl sick.

Well sheesh, y'all don't even need me! Haha. I'm so pleased with all the participants and so glad we all seem to like the book. I'm about 75 pages in and I agree, Cheryl -- this is extremely readable psychological commentary in novel form.

Yesterday we cleaned our house top to bottom to prepare for an open house today. We are trying to sell our house and to somehow be ready to quickly buy another as soon as ours sells. If you've ever done this, you know it SUCKS! Anyway, tomorrow we rest from both our paid labor and all house chores, and I am looking forward to becoming one with my couch with The Home-maker in hand.

Mindy wrote: "Well sheesh, y'all don't even need me! Haha. I'm so pleased with all the participants and so glad we all seem to like the book. I'm about 75 pages in and I agree, Cheryl -- this is extremely readab..."

Best of luck! That is intense and exhausting.

I'm a bit overcommitted and need to finish a couple of books before I start this read so I may be on your schedule, Mindy :)

Thanks, Carol. The book has its own whole month so we are still doing just fine. :-)

Carissa, I am trying to push it on a coworker, too. I think she'll like it.

I haven't been a very good discussion leader -- sorry about that. My husband had surgery a couple of weeks ago (and is fine now) and as I mentioned earlier, we are selling our house. 10 days ago we accepted an offer and started packing like crazy and then yesterday the buyers backed out. So that was a rough day.

At any rate, I did finish and love the book. I'm going to comment further in the spoiler thread. Thanks again to everyone who joined in. This was fun.

Sandy (CA) wrote: "I am beginning to feel as though this book and I were not meant to be together. I am 2/3 finished and Open Library will be taking it back tomorrow. Someone else is waiting to borrow it.

I found ou..."

Best of luck with the surgery, Sandy.

Sandy (CA) wrote: "Thanks, Carol."

You're very welcome, Sandy.