Home Work: My book is here!
Home Work: My book is here!
at last at last at last
Just a brief note because … it’s May 4. Happy Teacher Appreciation Day! And happy pub date for The Secret History of Home Economics!
I am so thrilled by the amazing press it’s received so far, and so excited for you all to read the book at last. Such unexpectedly fortuitous timing to kick up a conversation about home ec.
I hope you’ll join me and some very smart women for a virtual book tour this week. Your options, with signup links, are …
Tuesday, 7 p.m. Eastern, Midtown Scholar Bookstore with Susan Douglas
Wednesday, 7 p.m. Central, Octavia Books with Judy Walker
Friday, 7 p.m. Eastern, Porter Square Books with Ann Hood
Sunday (Mother’s Day!), 2 p.m. Central, Magic City Books with Nina MacLaughlin
We’ll cover such hot topics as why it’s fine that you let your early-pandemic sourdough starter die and the ever-boggling practice baby, plus whatever questions you submit. We’re also raffling off cross-stitch kits, designed by me and assembled by publicist Erin. Yes, while procrastinating on the book, I made several cheeky (and totally unproductive) home ec–themed cross-stitch patterns.
Some of you have asked about getting a signed copy. The fastest way is to order a book through one of these stores, or the stores hosting my events in June. Or if you can wait a while, I am happily fully vaccinated and will soon be opening my calendar for in-person fall speaking engagements.
Before I forget, I’d love it if you would recommend that your library buy a copy, either physical or digital.
Happy reading!
p.s. It’s also GiveNOLA Day — our area code is 504, get it? If you have not already cleared out your May charitable gifts quota donating to India COVID support and teachers, there are many worthy New Orleans causes that would appreciate your support. New Orleans was a tough place to live for a lot of people even before the pandemic destroyed the hospitality industry.
Hi, Danielle Dreilinger, I was researching your name because I was following up an article you wrote for the Boston Globe about a Barbara Pym Conference. Lo and behold, I find this reference to a book that fits neatly into a weekly blog I write. This particular week features cookery, as I reviewed a relevant book for NetGalley. The blog features cookery from many aspects, some of which are feminist. Your book fits really well, so I have used your blurb (edited to take into account the time lag) in the blog. The book looks fascinating, and l shall do as I have been asking my friends to do about my book, request it at my library. Danielle, if you are the journalist who wrote about BP in 2011 I would very much appreciate being in touch if you have a public email address. In the meantime, congratulations on your book. I love the idea of creating a new way of looking at home economics, and shall enjoy reading it. I cannot find it on my kindle - is there an ebook version?
I just read the book and it is AMAZING. I'm a knitter, spinner, and garment sewer (sewist? sempster/seamstress? so many words) who didn't take home ec but has made a quiet history project of it and you have written THE EXACT BOOK I've been looking for! I can talk your ear off about Ellen Richards and Catherine Beecher, blah blah blah, but I didn't have any of the info about the Black home economics pioneers and experts and I knew it had to be out there somewhere. Great job!