House Thinking: A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live - Hardcover

Gallagher, Winifred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060538694 ISBN 13: 9780060538699

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006

Synopsis

Bringing together elements of behavioral science, cultural history, and interviews with designers and architects, a journalist and cultural critic provides a psychological tour of the American home--past, present, and future--that explores how our homes express how we feel about our families, jobs, bodies, status, and selves. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Enlightening." -- New York Times

"An engaging book.enlightening and helpful." -- Los Angeles Times

[Gallagher] conducts a tour like no other of the American house, excavating its fascinating history and covert psychological influences.--Book List, starred review

Gallagher writes fresh and nuanced interpretations of the subtler aspects of life.--Book List, starred review

Enlightening. --New York Times

Gallagher is...a cultural collector, serving up tasty morsels of research and history...about our homes.--New York Times

"An engaging book...enlightening and helpful."--Los Angeles Times

"This rich and intelligent book...leads us on an intimate and revealing pilgrimage into America's restless soul."--Boston Globe

"Enlightening."--New York Times

"An intriguing examination of an elusive topic, with a depth and range that go beyond predictable terrain."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Winifred Gallagher is the author of House Thinking, Just the Way You Are (a New York Times Notable Book), Working on God, and Spiritual Genius. She has written for numerous publications, including Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and the New York Times. She lives in Manhattan and Dubois, Wyoming.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060538694
• ISBN 13: 9780060538699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 329