The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The Home-Maker

Dorothy Canfield Fisher with Mark J. Madigan (Contributor)

320 pages • first pub 1924 (view editions)

fiction classics literary emotional reflective slow-paced
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Evangeline Knapp is the perfect, compulsive housekeeper, while her husband, Lester, is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed: Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to ...

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Community Reviews

4.18
based on 358 reviews

Moods

reflective: 79%

emotional: 65%

hopeful: 55%

inspiring: 43%

informative: 13%

sad: 12%

challenging: 10%

dark: 8%

funny: 8%

lighthearted: 8%

tense: 8%

adventurous: 3%

relaxing: 3%

Pace

7% of readers chose fast
68% of readers chose medium
24% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

8% of readers chose Plot
27% of readers chose A mix
63% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

97% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
Yes
Complicated

Loveable characters?

58% of readers chose Yes
39% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
85% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

76% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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