Marjorie Bligh's Home

Book excerpt: • In 2011 we were introduced to the life of Australia's original domestic goddess, Marjorie Bligh, in Danielle Wood's Housewife Superstar. Now here's HOME, an endlessly entertaining compilation of the very best of Bligh's famed self-published works, featuring home hints, advice, recipes, gardening and travel • Compiled by award-winning writer Danielle Wood from the many previously published books by Marjorie Bligh, including Marjorie Bligh’s Homely Hints on Everything, Life is For Living: The Heartaches and Happiness of Marjorie Bligh and At Home with Marjorie Bligh: A Commonsense Manual of Home Economics and Beyond • Widespread national media campaign • Best known as the inspiration for Dame Edna Everage, Marjorie Bligh is an eccentric and unstoppable tour de force in the Australian home • Danielle Wood lives in Hobart and 94-year-old Marjorie Bligh in Devonport • Includes a special new foreword by Marjorie Bligh, new photographs and a vintage-inspired design using reproduced facsmile pages • A wonderful gift book to sit alongside the Australian Women's Weekly Cookbook and the DIY hit Meet Me at Mikes • Contains special celebrity contributions from Kaz Cooke, CWA head Merle Parrish, Barry Humphries, Brian Thompson and Marj-inspired blogger Abby Badcock, all sharing their favourite Marjorie Bligh home hints • 'I don't think Edna has ever admired anybody as much as she admires Marjorie Bligh.' Barry Humphries