Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Frugal Home
M. Kaye Hash · 2013
65/100
👎 Skip It
Hash writes from her own years of climbing out of debt, which gives this a personal, lived-in feel as it moves through budgeting, groceries, home upkeep, and more. It's a broad, browsable primer rather than a deep dive, and she's not a credentialed financial professional, so it works best as a friendly starting point rather than an authoritative guide. Fine for a beginner, nothing groundbreaking.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
📚 Buy the book ↗📱 Read on Kindle ↗🎧 Listen on Audible ↗ affiliate links · support the site, never the verdict
As an Amazon Associate and Audible affiliate, Penny earns from qualifying purchases. This never affects the verdict — see our affiliate disclosure.
Show the math
Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety95
Substance / usefulness55
Craft & writing60
Originality45
Evidence & accuracy60
Hype vs delivers65
Age-fit80
Human-eye read65
Penny’s verdict65
Cross-pollinate