Marr, Elspeth - Aunt Epp's Guide for Life
Title: Aunt Epp's Guide for Life: Miscellaneous Musings of a Victorian Lady Author: Elspeth Marr; Christopher Rush (editor) Genre : Diary & Memoir/Reference Love/Hate? : Love Rating : 5/5 Did you finish? : Yes! One-sentence summary: Entertaining advice from a Victorian wife. Why did you get this book?: I received a review copy from Wonders & Marvels Do you like the cover?: Yes First line from book: N/A Review: This delicious little book is the collected wisdom of a Mrs Elspeth Marr, a Victorian wife writing for an unknown female. The advice is shockingly modern, wickedly funny, and very practical. I mean, the woman suggests sex as a cure for insomnia! (Unless one is unmarried. Then she suggests onions.) Books like this are a lovely reminder that free thinkers have always been around, that women -- regardless of era -- possess great wisdom, and humans always suffer sleepless nights!