S.H.E. Book Reviews
Sidetracked
Home Executives (revised and updated edition)
(Warner 2001) ~New!
 Eagerly
awaited by S.H.E.™ fans throughout the world, the "revised and
updated" publication of Sidetracked
Home Executives remains a familiar friend. Everything old is new
again: nearly all of the book is a page-by-page reprint of the 1981
Warner edition.
Sidetracked
Home Executives
(Warner 1981)
 The
sisters' first book, S.H.E.™ outlines the 3-by-5 cardfile system to move
from "pigpen to paradise". Written at the end of the '70s, this
is definitely a "Becky Home Ec-ky" presentation, but it contains
the best description of the classic S.H.E. cardfile system.
Readers learn to corral household management, clutter control, and
cleaning using a 3-by-5 tickler system.
Rating: 5
The Sidetracked Sisters' Happiness File
( Warner 1985, 2012).
 The Happiness File (or HF to
S.H.E.™ diehards) shows how to use the basic
S.H.E.™ cardfile to achieve personal growth. A month-by-month guide focuses on
different areas for growth and order--and many S.H.E.s believe this is their best book.
Rating: 5+.
The Sidetracked Sisters Catch-up on the Kitchen
(out of print; Warner 1983)
 A kitchen book, companion to S.H.E.™. The kitchen book is out of print, and it's
not quite the blockbuster for the terminally sidetracked that S.H.E.™ was. Still, it
provides a way out of messy, disorganized kitchens and pantries, and offers help for menu
planning and meal prep. Look for it at public libraries or used book
stores.
Rating: 3.5
I'm Okay--But You Have A Lot Of Work To Do
(available only from P&P; Permanent Press
1988).
 Self-published, and it
shows, I'm OK outlines P&P's method
for family cooperation. Only available through the official S.H.E.
site and largely republished as GYAT, don't waste your time on this one
unless you're truly
S.H.E.™-maniacal.
Rating: 1.
Get Your Act
Together: A 7-Day Get-Organized Program for the Overworked,
Overbooked and Overwhelmed
(Harper Collins 1993).
 GYAT is a streamlined version of the Sisters' earlier works.
It introduces a stripped-down version of the cardfile, touches on some of the
Happiness File concepts,
and reprints much of the earlier "I'm OK" book. Some readers like the S.H.E.™ Lite treatment, others find it
doesn't work for really stubborn Sidetrackers.
Rating: 3.5
The Phony Gourmet
(available only from P&P; HarperCollins, 1995)
 Common
convenience foods doctored with other common convenience foods are the
staple product of P&P's first fling with a cookbook. Includes
such "gourmet" tricks as "Aroma Only"--a method of
making the house smell as if you'd been cooking all day. Involving
Bisquick and "frozen garbage", we'll spare you the
remainder of the embarrassing details.
Rating: (silence)
P&P have published six books; two are out of print, while two others
can only be purchased from the official S.H.E. Web site:
Books in print may be ordered at a discount through Amazon.com.
Look for out-of-print books through E-bay or online used
booksellers.
- Sidetracked
Home Executives, Young and Jones, 1978;
- Sidetracked
Home Executives, revised edition
published February 2001.
- The Sidetracked Sisters' Happiness File, 1985;
- Get Your Act Together! : A 7-Day Get-Organized Program for the Overworked,
Overbooked, and Overwhelmed, 1993.
- The Sidetracked Sisters Catch-Up on the Kitchen, 1983; revised 2001;
(out of print)
- I'm OK---But You've Got A Lot of Work To Do, 1988;
(available only from S.H.E. Web site)
- The Phony Gourmet,
1995
(available only from S.H.E. Web site).
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