WHAT TO DO ABOUT EVERYTHING
Book ID/图书代码： 03540011B48654
English Summary/英文概要： Life in the modern household has become much more complicated than it was for previous generations. Our roles are increasingly multi-layered, our ambitions further reaching and our expectations completely unreasonable. Juggle asuccessful and fulfilling career with raising children/pets, servicing the car/bike, maintaining a social life, exercising, cooking a balanced diet, repairing the broken kitchen pipes and managing a regular grooming schedule? Completely doable, in theory. But how exactly?
What to Do About Everything is the ultimate householders’ guide to twenty-first century living. It covers everything from changing a tyre to surviving divorce, and addresses all sorts of households, not just the traditional nuclear family. Applying cast-iron information and empathy to all aspects of domestic life, Barbara Toner has ensured that anyone with a roof over their head can dip into it and find the help they need, whether it’s how to darn a sock, hire a plumber, light a fire, leave their husband or decide they’re gay after all. This comprehensive book covers household relationships, time management, household administration, money, where to live, home renovations, chores,clothes care, food, home repairs, transport, childcare and rearing, grooming and healthcare, holidays, home entertainment, socialising etiquette, life changes (death, job loss, moving) and much more. Modern life is stressful. Nothing contains stress better than order; nothing relieves it better than knowing what must be done.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 如今的家庭生活早已和我们父辈们的大相径庭，我们扮演着越来越多的角色，我们的目标越来越高，而我们的期望也越来越难以理解，总而言之，如今的家庭生活变得越来越复杂难懂。那么我们又该如何成功的应对，在保证一个成功的职业生涯的同时还可以得心应手的照看孩子，饲养宠物，修修厨房里坏掉的水管，并制定实施自己定期的美容计划？这一切在理论上看上去完全可行，但是具体又该如何操作呢？ 《生活指南》是一本适用于21实际家庭生活的万能终极指南，书中包括了极为丰富的内容，从如何修补轮胎到如何适应离婚后生活，并且不仅仅适用于传统意义上的小家庭，而是适用于各类不同家庭。通过把各种条条框框恰如其分的移入到家庭生活中，芭芭拉•图纳向我们展示，只要你有自己的房子，你就可以在本书中找到你所需要的一切信息，哪怕是缝补袜子，找水管工，生火等等。这本内容丰富的书籍还涵盖了家庭关系，时间安排，家务事，衣物护理，食物，房屋装潢，交通，儿童照看与培养，美容与健康护理，节假日安排，家庭娱乐，社会礼节，生活变迁（死亡，失业，搬迁）等等许多方面。现代生活充满了压力，然而有序之中蕴藏着最为巨大的压力，而知道该做什么，正是最好的舒缓压力的方法。(兼职翻译-DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 芭芭拉•图纳，澳籍作家，记者，居住在伦敦和澳大利亚新南威尔士州。本书是她滴12部作品，即将在澳洲和英国同步发行。其他非小说类作品有《母亲的生活智慧》《妻子的智慧》，均基于她在《星期日邮报》上的专栏而创作，关注现代家庭生活中细微的关系平衡。其他书籍主要探究了女性文化，情感，政治，以及其在社会中的位置。共出版6部小说：《脑街》（1986）《成名的代价》（1988）《你所需要知道的一切》（1992&1997）《有组织的女人》（1998）《龟裂的美国》（2002）。《你所需要知道的一切》在澳洲首先由Allen & Unwin 出版，被澳洲报纸选为夏季阅读计划必读书目。 作者目前已婚，拥有三个女儿。
Barbara Toner is an Australian writer and journalist who lives between London and the far south coast of New South Wales. What to Do about Everything is her twelfth book to be published simultaneously in Australia and the UK. Her other non fiction includes A Mother’s Guide to Life and A Mother’s Guide to Husbands , based on a weekly column she wrote for The Mail on Sunday whose focus was the delicate balance of power in modern households.
On a more serious note, other factual books have examined the cultural, emotional, political and practical position of women. She has published six novels: Brain Street (1986), The Need to Be Famous (1988), All You Need to Know (1992 and 1997), An Organised Woman (1998) and Cracking America (2002). All You Need to Know, first published by Allen & Unwin in Australia, was chosen by The Australian newspaper as part of its summer reading program.
Barbara is married and has three daughters.
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