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At Home: A Short History of Private Life
by Bill Bryson
What an odd rambling anecdotal kind of book. Sometimes very informative, sometimes wry with observations, sometimes just plain interesting. I liked it. Perhaps it was not the most straight forward way to lay down the history of home life, but it was terribly interesting.
I liked the structure of the book - you walked through a house room by room and discovered the history of the room from what it was to what it became and how it became that way. Many of the rooms on the first floor carried the history from early times in England but stayed relatively grounded in English history. As you moved through the house however more and more of shared history between the USA and England was explored.
I learned things about my own country I never knew. I learned things about other countries and ways of being I never knew. It was great fun and well written, if you like the history of ordinary things and perhaps what life was like for normal people way back when. Which I do.
I liked the structure of the book - you walked through a house room by room and discovered the history of the room from what it was to what it became and how it became that way. Many of the rooms on the first floor carried the history from early times in England but stayed relatively grounded in English history. As you moved through the house however more and more of shared history between the USA and England was explored.
I learned things about my own country I never knew. I learned things about other countries and ways of being I never knew. It was great fun and well written, if you like the history of ordinary things and perhaps what life was like for normal people way back when. Which I do.