The Home-Maker

In Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s groundbreaking novel, The Home-Maker, the Knapp family faces a dramatic shift in their roles when a near-fatal accident leaves husband Lester confined to a wheelchair, forcing him to take on domestic duties while wife Evangeline steps into the workforce. As Evangeline excels in her new role, both grapple with the implications of their reversed positions amidst societal expectations of gender. This thought-provoking narrative, hailed as one of the top best-selling books of 1924, explores themes of identity and the possibility of diverging from traditional stereotypes.