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Abigail Grotke
Takoma Park, MD
email: missabigail at missabigail dot com
twitter: @DearMissAbigail

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Miss Abigail has a collection of over 1,000 classic advice books, spanning from 1822 to 1978 and covering a variety of topics, from love and romance to etiquette and charm. The collection sparked the idea for this site, then a book, Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, which has inspired an off-broadway production of the same name!

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“If you’re looking for old-fashioned relationship advice . . . Miss Abigail is your gal.”
– The Washington Post

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January 14, 2012

The Care and Feeding of Children: Airing (1907)

My fabulous friends Laura and Dave are, in the next few weeks, about to have their lives changed by the arrival of a bouncing baby boy. Upon realizing that I had an extra copy of a book called The Care and Feeding of Children, I passed along the 1920s version (I kept the 1907 copy…  >>Read the Rest…

December 19, 2011

1928: Installing a Shower-Bath

We’re in the midst of planning a bathroom renovation, and although the driving force behind it is to replace the tub with a deep one that I can actually bathe in, I was amused to find this advice about “Installing a Shower-Bath.” It appears in The House-Owner’s Book, written by Allen L. Churchill and Leonard Wickenden…  >>Read the Rest…

December 6, 2011

Miss Abigail {the show} is heading on the road!

If you’re in Rochester, Fort Lauderdale, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Norwell, or Palm Beach ~ you’re in for a treat. I just received the schedule for the touring show of Miss Abigail’s Guide to Dating, Mating, and Marriage, the play inspired by my book: 1/19 – 1/29/12: Downstairs Cabaret, Rochester, NY downstairscabaret.com 2/3 – 2/4/2012: The Broward Center for the…  >>Read the Rest…

December 5, 2011

Takoma Park Authors’s Book Sale This Saturday, 5-7pm!

I’ll be at this event on Saturday, in my home town of Takoma Park, Maryland. Stop on by to pick up a signed copy of the book! And if you don’t want a book, you can just have some cheesecake and stop by to chat. Hope to see you there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3rd Annual Takoma Park Authors’…  >>Read the Rest…

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