Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather…

Some people did take the domestic goddess title literally rather than ironically. It was about the pleasures of feeling like one rather than actually being one.

Sourced, A woman of extremes (2001)

Regarding her second book, How to be a Domestic Goddess.

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