Oh yes, Jo falls in love more like stumbles in it plops in it does an indecorous belly busting flop. Your spouse is your partner: 1880 advice which doesn't seem dated to my 2009 ears. Take care of the children of course, but not to the exclusion of taking care of one's spouse's needs. Among the many fine suggestions are that spouses should take care themselves to recharge themselves, give themselves a break. In many ways, this is a how-to book written lightly and humorously but tackling real issues facing couples that are as real today as then. Momma's little Johnny and little Mary all grown up and married aren't always right. Oh, if there were more in-laws of her stamp today, there would be fewer divorces. She kept aloof from her married daughters' troubles unless asked and then horrors of horrors didn't always take the daughter's side didn't always give the advice the daughter wanted to hear. It turns out that she was an even wiser mother-in-law. March was a wise woman, no one would dispute. Yes, it was funny in succeeding years but right then, not so much. Then, would you know it, that husband of hers brought home an unexpected guest for dinner. The house was a wreck, the kitchen would have qualified for federal disaster aid nothing was cooked for dinner. She burnt it she spilled it she boiled it over everything went wrong. In one instant, poor Meg had struggled all day trying to put up some jelly. This is a fun book packed with all the trials and tribulations of newlyweds. Poor Jo, Couldn't Even Lose Her Heart Decorously
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