Book Review: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
In this book, you will find the home dearly loved, for who doesn’t love home more than an orphan? You will find the work of home honored and praised and the homemaker to be both the childless, the widow, the young, and the old.
Book Review: Summa Domestica: Order and Wonder in the Family Life
Leila shares her story, her philosophy, and her theology of home. She has some of the most down-to-earth parenting and marriage advice I’ve ever read. She talks about nursing and teenagers. She’s snarky and sarcastic. Seriously ladies, some absolutely solid parenting advice can be found in this book. She also covers homeschooling a bit and how to build a community.
Book Review: Songs of a Housewife by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Theology of Home II: The Spiritual Art of Homemaking by Carrie Gress, Noelle Mering
The general tone of the book, like the first book, was peaceful, beautiful, quiet, gentle and mothering (in a good way). It was a calm oasis in my day to stop and read a chapter at lunch.
Book Review: Theology of Home by Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering, Photography by Kim Baile
Reading this book was a never-ending theological battle in the warmest, most beautiful, literally-brought-tears-to-my-eyes setting. It was like fighting an intellectual battle in Mom’s kitchen while she’s baking scones and the coffee is brewing. The coziness made it irksome to keep my theological shield up.
Book Review: Home-Making by J. R. Miller
I found a book about homemaking written by a man, and I was not disappointed. Yes, I had to do some translating, and I had to practice discernment, but it was refreshing to not have to slog through the subtext of the feminist lies soaking all of our culture. It was refreshing and convicting to be held to a high standard of womanhood. And it was a delight to see marriage and the home honored.
Book Review: The Way Home by Mary Pride
I snuggled in to read and be encouraged, I found a book of confused theology, one kingdom lies, a voice without hope or mercy for infertility and childlessness, and women who have to make hard choices.
Book Review: Naturally Healthy Woman by Shonda Parker
As someone who has for various reasons always struggled to master my health and my understanding of female health, this book was a great place to start. It doesn’t go into too many gory details that make me feel ill, or into such deep scientific explanations that my eyes glaze over. I’m feeling more confident about my health and my understanding of how my body works than I was before.