Marabel morgan biography
Marabel Morgan is an American author of self-help books for married women, including The Total Woman, Total Joy, The Total Woman Cookbook and The Electric Woman.
Marabel Morgan (born June 25, ) is an American author of self-help books for married women, including The Total Woman (), Total Joy ().!
The Total Woman
First edition | |
Author | Marabel Morgan |
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Language | English |
Subject | Marriage |
Genre | self-help |
Publisher | Revell |
Publication date | 1973 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
Pages | 336 |
The Total Woman is a self-help book for married women by Marabel Morgan published in 1973.
The book sold over 500,000 copies within the first year, making it the most successful non-fiction book in the USA in 1974.[1] Overall, it sold more than ten million copies.[2] Grounded in evangelicalChristianity, it taught that "A Total Woman caters to her man's special quirks, whether it be in salads, sex or sports,"[3] and is perhaps best remembered for instructing wives to greet their man at the front door wearing sexy outfits; suggestions included "a cowgirl or a showgirl." "It's only when a woman surrenders her life to her husband, reveres and worships him and is willing to ser