Review by Michael Smith (Veshengro) Thrifty
Living the Frugal Life with Style
Marjorie Harris
232 pages Paperback 7.7 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
Published by House of Anansi Press (May 1, 2010)
ISBN: 978-0887848322
This book definitely touches a nerve and the author, Marjorie Harris, speaks to my soul with much of her writings in the book, as this is the same guidance that I received as a youngster, such as, among others, not to buy on credit but to save up for things. Makes you appreciate the things much more, I think.
None of it is rocket science though it would appear that the majority of people have entirely forgotten all of it.
Already the cover of the book makes one think of an era when and where thrift was the norm and no one thought of spending just for the sake of it and there was very little waste of anything.
In the time when a dollar a day was the standard pay and credit something that you could not get anyway, unless you were one of the big wigs, you had to save up if would wanted something.
It was a month's wages for a cowboy to buy a pair of boots and for that very reason they were, like his saddle, cared for lovingly and repaired and repaired again.
You saved for what you wanted and needed. Credit, as said, was not available to mere ordinary mortals; it was only something for the rich.
The book is divided into 7 chapters and they are:
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The Thrifty Citizen
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The Frugal Fashionista
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The Frugal Foodie
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The Thrifty Gardener
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The Thrifty Traveller
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The Top 20 Tips for Living the Frugal Life with Style
thus providing something for everyone and even though the fashion section, for instance, is aimed, basically and primarily, at the female, men too can gain some ideas and insights.
All chapters, in fact, provide great ideas and much food for thought, especially for those that may have forgotten the lessons of their parents and grandparents and those that never have had those lessons.
“Thrifty - Living the Frugal Life with Style” is, in my opinion, a great food for thought book and manual of ideas for living a more simple and frugal life without, actually, sacrificing quality of life.
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