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The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs by Christina Hopkinson

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The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs

Narrator
Emma Kay
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Publish Date
3 March 2011
Run Time
10 hours 38 minutes
Format
Audiobook

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Mary doesn't know what makes her angrier - the way he doesn't quite reach the laundry basket when he throws his dirty clothes at it (but never walks over and picks them up and puts them in), or the balled-up tissues he leaves on the bedside table when he has a cold, or the way he never completely empties the dishwasher, but leaves the 'difficult' things for her to put away. Is it that because she is 'only working part-time' she is responsible for everything on the domestic front? Or is it, simply, that he puts used teabags in the sink?

Mary is the mother of two young boys - she knows how you're supposed to get the behaviour you want. So now she's designing the spousal equivalent of a star chart. Every little thing her husband does wrong is going on it. And yes, she know you're supposed to reward the good behaviour rather than punish the bad, but obviously the rules for those in middle age are different than the rules for those not even in middle school . . .

(P)2011 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks

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Details

Author
Christina Hopkinson
Narrator
Emma Kay
Duration
10 hours 38 minutes
Release Date
3 March 2011
ISBN
9781444722512
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Romance

Synopsis

Mary doesn't know what makes her angrier - the way he doesn't quite reach the laundry basket when he throws his dirty clothes at it (but never walks over and picks them up and puts them in), or the balled-up tissues he leaves on the bedside table when he has a cold, or the way he never completely empties the dishwasher, but leaves the 'difficult' things for her to put away. Is it that because she is 'only working part-time' she is responsible for everything on the domestic front? Or is it, simply, that he puts used teabags in the sink? Mary is the mother of two young boys - she knows how you're supposed to get the behaviour you want. So now she's designing the spousal equivalent of a star chart. Every little thing her husband does wrong is going on it. And yes, she know you're supposed to reward the good behaviour rather than punish the bad, but obviously the rules for those in middle age are different than the rules for those not even in middle school . . .(P)2011 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks

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