Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons: 2022’s New How-To Guide that will Help You Navigate Modern Life with Advice on Beauty, Money, Family and So Much More

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I think if you're a fan of Sali Hughes than it makes sense to read as it's her chatting away and giving you advice. I’m not sure it’s where I’d look for advice on some of the topics covered and seems to jump from subject to subject without any real direction. eeskujuks ja inspiratsiooniks oli Sali jaoks muuhulgas Mrs Beetoni kuulus viktoriaanliku aja majapidamisõpik, kus tõepoolest anti ohtralt nõu mitte ainult toitlustamise ja korrastustööde osas, vaid oli juttu ka riietumisest, viisakast käitumisest, lastekasvatamisest ja muudest elus vajalikest oskustest. Ultimately, it's a review of two halves: Hughes is absolutely superb on advice pertaining to beauty, skincare and make-up (and I really appreciated her attitude to wellness quackery). If you're not a wealthy, house-and-garden, dinner party, fashion-conscious, able-bodied cis woman in your 30s living in Britain, most of it isn't very relevant.

It's a shame because there are some great, sensitively written sections ( eg, how to talk to someone who is going through IVF) but most of it is super specific (eg, how to get a dentist's appointment through the NHS. She was generous with her words and time when signing afterwards and softly spoken but set in her opinions. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF. This time it feels like a lot of filler from someone who has the average life experience of a well-off provincial forty something. I would throughly recommend getting this book for anyone above 25, it’s filled with life lessons, tips, and caring advise from Sali.Here she expands the brief and gives you tips on everything from how to get divorced without going to prison to how to hang a pair of curtains. siis ma arvan, et selle osas, kuidas lapsele nime valida või kuidas leinata, ei saa ikka niisuguses käsiraamatustiilis nõu anda. While not absolutely everything applies (as is rarely the case to everyone) I found it fascinating and there are loads of tips to pass on. I did enjoy the personal stories that were shared, such as finding out about her childhood, her father's hoarding and personal life, but these were far and few between.

Got sick of competing with people wanting to take it out of the library, had to keep taking it back and waiting for it to be available again.

I really enjoy Sali Hughes' writing, so I feel a little conflicted about giving a middling review of Everything Is Washable.

There are far too few handy hints and far too much of her personal anecdotes which add little to the content.

Hughes' weighing in on the over-saturated 'organise your life by tidying' market also fell a little flat for me; although her family background does leave her eminently qualified to comment, it wasn't saying anything particularly new. Perhaps, at 44, and thus having a decent grasp on skincare, cooking and furnishing my house, I am not the audience for this book.

She's also strong when writing about fashion and clothes, and if the book had focused only on those elements it would have been a strong 4 stars from me. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.I did frequently think what a lovely gift it would make to someone in their late teens or early 20s leaving home for the first time, but then wondered if said someone wouldn't be more likely to get their life advice from Tiktok and Youtube.