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Highlights
- Good manners are simply codified kindness, and being in possession of them enhances the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you.
- About the Author: Debora Robertson is a journalist and writer specializing in all matters domestic.
- 112 Pages
- Humor, Form
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About the Book
Good manners are simply codified kindness, and being in possession of them enhances the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you. At home and abroad, Debora and Kay have done the fieldwork, made the mistakes, and committed enough embarrassing faux pas for two lifetimes, in the hope that you don't have to.
Book Synopsis
Good manners are simply codified kindness, and being in possession of them enhances the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you. At home and abroad, Debora and Kay have done the fieldwork, made the mistakes, and committed enough embarrassing faux pas for two lifetimes, in the hope that you don't have to.
Illustrations by Denise Dorrance
Good manners aren't about cutlery, codes or cleverness - they're about kindness.
Writers Kay Plunkett-Hogge and Debora Robertson have honed their combined social wisdom into a warm, witty, how-to guide on how to live modern life with manners - and have a lot of fun along the way.
Debora and Kay have done the fieldwork, made the mistakes, and committed enough embarrassing faux pas for two lifetimes, in the hope that you don't have to! Their funny, frank handbook is your cheat sheet to every social situation, your right-hand man(ual) to styling out life with sass and a modicum of grace.
Their tried-and-tested guidelines are divided into five main categories:
At Home: family life; sharing is caring; entertaining at home; dinner; welcome to the neighbourhood
At Large: work; public spaces; public transport and petiquette - pets in public
At Play: social life; eating out, staying away; dating in the modern world
@ Your Computer: digital decorum; phones
At the End: dealing with illness and death
Good manners are not about knowing what to wear for drinks at six, being pretentious or catching people out with some mysterious salad-fork-related regulation. In essence, good manners are simply organised kindness, and Kay and Debora will show you how being in possession of them will enhance the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you.
About the Author
Debora Robertson is a journalist and writer specializing in all matters domestic. She writes regularly for national newspapers and magazines, including The Daily Telegraph and delicious magazine, and is the author of Dogs' Dinners and Cooking for Cats. Kay Plunkett-Hogge is an acclaimed food and drinks writer and the author of Baan, Aperitivo: Drinks and Snacks for the Dolce Vita, Adventures of a Terribly Greedy Girl, A Sherry & a Little Plate of Tapas, Heat: Cooking with Chillies, and Make Mine a Martini.