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Summary: I thought everybody knew this stuff...
Review: A good "brush-up" for those of us with some etiquette knowledge. Easy to follow format in brief sentences. Very little hard and fast rules, such as for planning a wedding or a sit down dinner, but a nice addition to the home library for quick answers or reminders.
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: All you'll get out of this book is that when slithering past people in a movie theater you should turn around so your rear end isn't in their faces. Granted it is now hilarious to watch pay per view Boxing and count how many people are "crude" down in Las Vegas slithering by each other.
It was her "interpretation" of the times and it won't cut the mustard. You're going to take on step forward and be declared "crude." This is a 2004/2005 fact. You're going to have to go through finishing school to even begin to comprehend that game that you are dabbling with in "being a lady." There are only two that I am aware of, the first which is a DVD course titled, "Udefine U," and another that runs about 5000 dollars for a couple of days which top level executives are put through by their corporations.
Udefine U is about a hundred dollars.
These "ladies" can be spotted at a glance. They walk a certain way. When they reach for a glass on the coffee table they have a particular body movement. I am sorry but reading a round of "Be nice to a guy on a date" won't do it.
The top level executive course is the only one that mentions you MUST eat with your silverware in the continental style now. It is *Mandatory.* The Udefine U finishing school will offer this as a choice to you.
I'll give the authoress this credit. She IS the only one who nailed everyone with their rear end in everyone elses face making their way to their seat. This isn't the important stuff. Rear end or no rear end going in the wrong direction, you had better have the walk, and your fork must be in your left hand FOREVER.
This book isn't where you're going to be okay. It is a read once and chuck. The sooner you begin finishing school the better. It'll take about a year I reason to break down old movement patterns and for a fact always as a norm use the fork in the left hand.
So buyer beware. Worse is out there. I spotted that nightmare at a Target. Manners described as "And how about something cheerful to wear!" (Many warm fuzzies that will only destroy a person trying to improve.) The "You're cursed for even trying syndrome."
The odds are where you're trying to take this book to is going to notice you're not all that. Go on. Head on down to the Mandalay. I'll be watching you enter the amphitheater for that boxing match. Will having read this book clue me in that you are different from the ordinary boob? No. I'll then notice how you squeeze in past others to your seat. I'll know that you're trying. You at least bought this book.
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Summary: A nice guide to good manners
Review: Being a lady is not something easy, especially in our days, in which everyone seems to have no time for "these things" such as learning good manners. This book gives you simple advice , kind of "what to do or not do".
I could be a little more specific in certain items, such as presentations , but it is great for refreshing our memories and encorages us not to loose our temper , even in complicated situations. Besides, I think it is a great gift for female teenagers.I hope you enjoy it!
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Summary: Misnomer Title
Review: I was disappointed in this book. The title should have been something like, "A Lady Does or Does Not . . . ." The book gives many "lady" imperatives, but does not give as many specifics on "HOW to Be a Lady." An example is the imperative, "A lady knows when it is acceptable to drink through a straw." That's it; there is no further information as to the next obvious question: When is it acceptable for a lady to drink through a straw? Also it bothered me about some incorrect grammar. I know that "a lady does not correct another's grammar," but in these published words, someone fell down on the job of editing. There were several instances of incorrect subject-verb agreement. One would expect a lady to know better or know that she needs aid in the written English before putting ink to published page. Overall this book is too simplistic and does not live up to the title of "HOW To Be a Lady."
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Summary: I thought everybody knew this stuff...
Review: I was disappointed in this book; very little in it was not common sense. Though it does contain valuable information that one should always bear in mind, its contents of very basic manners were things I had been taught since a child.
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Summary: Every lady should read this
Review: In today's society women have been deluded into thinking immorality and sluttiness will get them the attention they desire. This book turns the tables on 'girls gone wild' and shows that femininity doesn't have to mean nudity. In fact being a lady can mean class and can mean being well spoken and people will still turn their heads when you walk into a room. In essence, you don't need to be a stripper to dress like a prostitute to get noticed. And this book is a wonderful start.Seth J. Frantzman
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Summary: Every lady should read this
Review: In today's society women have been deluded into thinking immorality and sluttiness will get them the attention they desire. This book turns the tables on 'girls gone wild' and shows that femininity doesn't have to mean nudity. In fact being a lady can mean class and can mean being well spoken and people will still turn their heads when you walk into a room. In essence, you don't need to be a stripper to dress like a prostitute to get noticed. And this book is a wonderful start. Seth J. Frantzman
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: The book is written on a phrase-by-phrase basis about simple, common-sense issues. This would be a good purchase if the reader were much younger, maybe nine years old, but does have a negative, somewhat bitter approach to manners.
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Summary: It's helpful LADY's common sense guide
Review: this book helps me to start build up some lifetime manner. I read some of the review for being disappointed by the book about it is all about common sense that they heard thousand times. I still like this book and read all of them. Some of them I already knew, but some of them is new to me. Even though some of them I heard thousand times as well. I believe that written in words is totally different than the speaking the word. This book guide me the first step to be a real lady.
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Summary: Simplistic
Review: This book is simplistic and certainly does not go into much detail. Instead, it is filled with statements of what a lady does or does not do. There is very little advice in this book that is fully explained, but reading it somehow had a calming soothing effect on me. I did retrieve some valuable advice from it. It makes a delightful gift book but perhaps not meaty enough for your own consumption.
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