Charlotte Williamson Knihy

This highly original book examines, for the first time, how the patient movement, which works to improve the quality of healthcare, can actually be considered an emancipation movement when led by its radical elements.

Is your style more shabby than chic? Or maybe you’re the opposite and couldn’t possibly leave the house without making sure you’ve filed, pruned, and dusted. Or are you an ex-career woman who’s trying to run your household like the stock exchange? Or perhaps a trophy wife, left to your own devices while your husband works long hours to pay for your diamonds? This book looks at four stereotypical housewives—Single Mom, Alpha Wife, Stressed-Out Wife, and Trophy Wife—and examines their personalities, homes, clothes, hobbies, and men. Then each wife is offered professional advice from fashion gurus, make-up artists, beauticians, and relationship therapists to help her avoid becoming a desperate housewife.

Maggie Davis and Charlotte Williamson, lifestyle journalists and enthusiastic shoppers, bring their insider know-how to this indispensable guide to shopping. Covering everything from cashmere to chandeliers, spice to scooters, teapots to tiles, and with a distinctly global flavour, this book is a collection of the ultimate in food, clothes, furniture and fun and is packed with tips from specialist buyers and those in-the-know. With side panels discussing topics as diverse as the things every gentleman should have in his bathroom closet, haggling and globetrotting gem shopping, this book is a must for discerning shoppers of all tastes and budgets.