# The Homemaker — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Homemaker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-i.md): The chapter introduces the Knapp family, focusing on the domestic struggles of Evangeline as she manages the household and children, while her husband Lester is largely absent and ineffective. The narrative highlights th
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-i.md): Mrs. Knapp frantically searches for her son Stephen, who has hidden under the stairs with his teddy bear, while she struggles with household chores, a telephone call from Mattie Farnham, and the pressures of domestic lif
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-ii.md): Stephen Knapp, a young boy, finds his beloved Teddy-bear hidden in his mother's bureau drawer after she had taken it away to wash it. He experiences a profound sense of relief and peace holding Teddy, which represents hi
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-ii.md): Evangeline Knapp, overwhelmed by her son Stephen's violent behavior and her husband Lester's latest failure, reaches a moment of despair but resolves to live for her children. Lester walks home from work with Helen and H
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-iii.md): At a Ladies' Guild meeting, the women gossip about the Knapp family, discussing Lester's failure to be promoted at Willing's Emporium, Stephen's troublesome behavior, and Evangeline's chronic skin condition. Evangeline a

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-i-vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-ii-vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-ii-viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-ii-ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-ii-x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iii-xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iv-xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iv-xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iv-xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iv-xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_homemaker_se/chapters/part-iv-xxii.md)

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