"One of the best Catholic motherhood books I've ever read. I have been recommending this to all my mom friends! Husbands, your wife will be incredibly impressed if you get this as a gift for her."
All at once lively, funny, calming, and complete, The Summa Domestica is an indispensable how-to book on making and keeping a home that will serve your family best.
When Leila Lawler started out as a young wife and then became a mother, she had no idea how to keep a house, manage laundry, or plan and prepare meals, let alone entertain and inspire toddlers and select a curriculum to pass on the Faith.
Cue: hilarious and insightful reflections as Lawler reflects on learning how to be a wife and mother!
The Summa Domestica comprises three volumes: Home Culture, which delves into establishing a home and a vision for raising children; Education, which offers a philosophy for the primary vocation of parents to form their children and give them the means to learn on their own; and Housekeeping, which offers practical details for meals, laundry, and a reasonably clean and organized busy and thriving household.
Chapter titles include:
- Good Judgement and "Living Differently"
- How Do I Tell People We're Having Another Baby?
- Competence Frees You from Drudgery
- On Getting to Know Your Newborn
- Postpartum and the Perfectionist Mom
- Steady Reading Progress without Parental Panic
- Ask Auntie Leila: Are Fairy Tales Always Appropriate?
- Plus--hundreds more!
Beautifully packaged as a 3-volume set, Lawler's writing is organized in short chapters (making it easy to read in small spurts of time) accompanied by endearing illustrations. Not only will you enjoy reading these 3 volumes, but they will be a beautiful addition to your bookshelf.
Product Details
Pages: 1,376 (you only pay $0.05 per page!)
3 Hardcover books with ribbon bookmarks and packed as a 3-volume set