The Home-Maker: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Home-Maker, credited to Dorothy Canfield Fisher, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Read in English by Maria Kasper The Knapp family seems as though they ought to be happy, yet hidden frustrations are tearing them apart under the surface. As the family breadwinner, Lester Knapp drags himself reluctantly to his job each day, miserable in the harsh world of commerce and business, longing for a quiet life at home with his books. Meanwhile, Evangeline Knapp is admired as an excellent housewife, yet the limited challenges of that life are driving her to perfectionism and boredom. The Knapp children are affected by their parents' unhappiness, the youngest child acting out in frequent tantrums, and the two older children tense and nervous. When an accident puts Lester in a wheelchair and sends Evangeline out to work, their family and friends see it only as a tragedy. Yet Lester discovers his true calling at home, developing his own relaxed style of housekeeping, while discerning the individual needs and personalities of the children. And Evangeline discovers her true calling in the business world, demonstrating both creativity and organizational skills, thriving on the daily challenge and mental stimulation. Before long, the entire family realizes that they are all blossoming into a new happiness. But will this unconventional arrangement of gender roles be allowed to continue? Or will circumstances force the Knapps to return to the lives that made them miserable? - Summary by Maria Kasper

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Home-Maker
• Author credits: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 7:30:45

Catalogue topics

• housekeeping
• family life
• child rearing
• women's roles
• gender roles
• men's roles
• physical disability

Track guide

1. 01 - Chapter 1 — 22:54
2. 02 - Chapter 2 — 39:55
3. 03 - Chapter 3 — 19:13
4. 04 - Chapter 4 — 24:22
5. 05 - Chapter 5 — 10:51
6. 06 - Chapter 6 — 6:33
7. 07 - Chapter 7 — 26:57
8. 08 - Chapter 8 — 27:44
9. 09 - Chapter 9 — 25:03
10. 10 - Chapter 10 — 17:49
11. 11 - Chapter 11 — 22:10
12. 12 - Chapter 12 — 8:02
13. 13 - Chapter 13 — 9:46
14. 14 - Chapter 14 — 18:21
15. 15 - Chapter 15 — 17:01
16. 16 - Chapter 16 — 19:03
17. 17 - Chapter 17 — 33:53
18. 18 - Chapter 18 — 8:06
19. 19 - Chapter 19 — 21:20
20. 20 - Chapter 20 — 24:37
21. 21 - Chapter 21 — 38:52
22. 22 - Chapter 22 — 8:13

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