Ungovernable: The Victorian Parent's Guide to Raising Flawless Children

From the author of the "hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating"* New York Times bestseller Unmentionable, a hilarious illustrated guide to the secrets of Victorian child-rearing [*Jenny Lawson]

Feminist historian Therese Oneill is back, to educate you on what to expect when you're expecting . . . a Victorian baby! In Ungovernable, Oneill conducts an unforgettable tour through the backwards, pseudoscientific, downright bizarre parenting fashions of the Victorians, advising us on:
- How to be sure you're not too ugly, sickly, or stupid to breed

- What positions and room decor will help you conceive a son

- How much beer, wine, cyanide and heroin to consume while pregnant

- How to select the best peasant teat for your child

- Which foods won't turn your children into sexual deviants

- And so much more

Endlessly surprising, wickedly funny, and filled with juicy historical tidbits and images, Ungovernable provides much-needed perspective on -- and comic relief from -- the age-old struggle to bring up baby.

• Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
• Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
• The Victorian Book of the Dead
• The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
• How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life
• Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
• The Victorian House : Domestic Life from Childbirth to Deathbed
• How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England: A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
• Childhood and Death in Victorian England
• Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era