Download or read book Household Words: A Novel written by Joan Silber and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The year is 1940, and Rhoda Taber is pregnant with her first child. The daughter of immigrants, she is well satisfied with the comforts of the suburbs and her reliable husband - but an untimely death, an unexpected illness, and bitter discord at home unravel her expectations. What begins as a cozy family novel becomes an unsettling chronicle, shattering and majestic in its effects, without ever losing its wry touches of humor."--BOOK JACKET.