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The Joyful Homebody: An Anthology On Creating A Home and Life You Love
Hardcover
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Publisher Price: $27.99
Publisher: Joyful Homebody
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.79
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
You can create a life that feels beautiful.
In The Joyful Homebody, Jacqueline Pieroni brings together personal stories and reflections about the small things, hard turns, and everyday choices that shape the way we live.
There are plenty of cozy moments: cooking and baking, hosting people you love, seasonal traditions, gardening, and finding ways to make an ordinary day feel special. But the book also goes deeper, into career changes, burnout, grief, relationships, anxiety, getting older, and what happens when things do not turn out quite the way you expected.
Through it all is the belief that home is more than a backdrop. It is where we care for ourselves and each other, make memories, find comfort, try again, and imagine what might come next.
This anthology is for anyone who loves being home but still wants a full and meaningful life beyond its walls. Whether you are settling into a new chapter, moving through a difficult one, or simply wanting to appreciate what is already in front of you, The Joyful Homebody offers a warm reminder that there is a lot of beauty to be found in the everyday.
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