Home Economics

Why it is on our radar

Hays turns the country-house novel toward ownership, reputation and reinvention, giving the question of who belongs in a beautiful home a sharp comic edge.

About the book

Former homemaking celebrity Punch Tillis returns to the Hudson Valley house she lost, this time as a cater-waiter. After accidentally spending the night in her old bedroom, she discovers that staying unnoticed may offer a way to reclaim the home and identity she thought were gone.