title: Zen and the Art of Housekeeping: The Path To Finding Meaning In Your Cleaning
author:  Lauren Cassel Brownell 
description: <B>Lauren Cassel Brownell</B> is a graduate of the University of Texas and has served in advertising and marketing positions at newspapers across the country. Once marriage and motherhood became her top priorities, she perfected her Zen style of house maintenance as a home-based freelance writer and consultant. When she's not busy reflecting among the suds and sponges, Brownell enjoys spending time with her husband and three children. She lives in Lubbock, TX.
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  Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
  
  
  INTRODUCTION.  
    
  CHAPTER I. MY SPECULATION IN CHINA WARE.  
    
  CHAPTER II. SOMETHING ABOUT COOKS.  
    
  CHAPTER III. LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT.  
    
  CHAPTER IV. CHEAP FURNITURE.  
    
  CHAPTER V. IS IT ECONOMY?  
    
  CHAPTER VI. LIVING AT A CONVENIENT DISTANCE.  
    
  CHAPTER VII. THE PICKED-UP DINNER.  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. WHO IS KRISS KRINGLE?  
    
  CHAPTER IX. NOT AT HOME.  
    
  CHAPTER X. SHIRT BUTTONS.  
    
  CHAPTER XI. PAVEMENT WASHING IN WINTER.  
    
  CHAPTER XII. REGARD FOR THE POOR.  
    
  CHAPTER XIII. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT COOKS.  
    
  [CHAPTER XIV. NOT A RAG ON THEIR BACKS.  
    
  ](Trials%20and%20Confessions%20of%20a%20Hou_split_001.html#filepos162507)[CHAPTER
  XV. CURIOSITY.  
    
  ](Trials%20and%20Confessions%20of%20a%20Hou_split_001.html#filepos170900)[CHAPTER
  XVI. HOUSE-CLEANING.  
    
  ](Trials%20and%20Confessions%20of%20a%20Hou_split_001.html#filepos180991)[CHAPTER
  XVII. BROILING A LOBSTER.  
    
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