How to Get Things Really Flat: A Man's Guide to Ironing, Dusting and Other Household Arts Book

Andrew Martin considers the day he announced he was taking over the ironing to be one of the most significant of his life. Not only did it remove the trump card his wife used to win any argument (Do you know how many hours I've spent ironing for you this week?) But it turned out he actually enjoyed doing it. He set out to discover all he could about the 'household arts' and this amusing book mixes his thoughts on hoovering, cleaning and food shopping with personal anecdotes and brief interviews with various experts. A short book that could be read in a few hours it ultimately falls between two stools - not enough tips and information to be a How-To Guide and not quite funny enough for pure entertainment. But for any woman with a clueless man in their life, who hasn't quite worked out how the bath is always clean or what the special hoover attachments are for, this may be worth a try.