Full name: Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children

Author: Therese Oneill Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Humor, Historical fiction, Parenting Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780316481908 0316481904

Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting . . . a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backwards, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians, advising us on: - How to be sure you're not too ugly, sickly, or stupid to breed - What positions and room decor will help you conceive a son - How much beer, wine, cyanide and heroin to consume while pregnant - How to select the best peasant teat for your child - Which foods won't turn your children into sexual deviants - And so much more Endlessly surprising, wickedly funny, and filled with juicy historical tidbits and images, Ungovernable provides much-needed perspective on -- and comic relief from -- the age-old struggle to bring up baby. Similar books: Unmentionable by Therese Oneill Oh, Yikes! by Joy Masoff How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale The Barmy British Empire by Terry Deary Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet Napoleon's Privates by Tony Perrottet Bunk by Kevin Young The Savage Stone Age by Terry Deary The Vile Victorians by Terry Deary Gumption by Nick Offerman The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders The Rotten Romans by Terry Deary The Incredible Incas by Terry Deary Consuming Passions by Judith Flanders Holy Sh*t by Melissa Mohr Terry Jones' Barbarians by Terry Jones Bad Days in History by Michael Farquhar Quackery by Lydia Kang A Treasury of Royal Scandals by Michael Farquhar