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Book Review of How to Be an American Housewife

How to Be an American Housewife
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Much of this book is sad, but there's enough happiness and hope strewn throughout to make it an enjoyable read. The "excerpts" from the fictional manual for housewives (which shares the same title) at the start of each chapter alternated between humorous and horrifying.