Here are Mrs Ross´s handy tips on every aspect of household management: dressmaking, skincare, fashion and beauty, dealing with blackened ovenware, cookery, childcare, getting a ´lifestyle´ if you suspect you don´t have a proper one. A genuinely hilarious yet original approach to modern day domestic life where we don´t all actually live up to the media pushed view of having fabulous bodies, accomplished kids, amazing parenting skills, ideal jobs, harmonious marital relationships. OR indeed the time in which to correct all of these downfalls! She´s also good on how NOT to find spiritual fulfilment in TK Maxx... and on how to cure a nasty case of Cometetitis! Read, learn and weep with laughter...

One of Britain's finest comic writers offers handy tips on every aspect of household management--skin care, fashion and beauty, children, dealing with blackened oven dishes (soak, soak, soak, then throw away when nobody is looking), leftovers (transfer carefully into Tupperware, place in fridge, leave for a week, then throw away when nobody is looking"), "and freezing (leave for a decade, then throw away when nobody is looking). Useful advice on how to get a "lifestyle" if you suspect you don't have a proper one is also included. Some people have fabulous bodies "and" accomplished kids "and" amazing parenting skills" and" ideal jobs "and" harmonious marital relationships. This book is certainly not for them. It is for the 99% of the population who are not so blessed and cannot decide whether to laugh or cry.