Judith Martin
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American society has it in for growing old. Common phrases such as "Never trust anyone over 30!" and accusations such as "You make me feel old!" imply living a long life is an embarrassment. Miss Manners suggests Americans re-examine their reasoning and leave misplaced vanity at the door. She responds with wit and wisdom to "Gentle Reader" queries and anecdotes revolving around the proper way to give and receive respect in this e-book original, On...
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Pregnancy is a time for happiness, serenity, and discovery, as well as a time for inappropriate tummy touching and over sharing by friends and relatives. Is it acceptable to give parenting advice to your daughter-in-law? To a stranger on the bus? Must one endure co-worker baby showers? Entertaining as well as brutally honest, Miss Manners likens pregnant women to low-tier celebrities, and offers not advice but pronouncements on the proper etiquette...
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Miss Manners proclaims a text message to be an electronic equivalent of a Post-it note and about as "serious in nature as the hastily written note passed in class." Gone are the days when conversing with people meant being in the same room as them, and with those days went established etiquette of communication. Can one apologize with a text message? Offer condolences? Propose marriage? Use text messages as invitations?
Helpful, humorous, and...
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From how to connect when we're physically distant to the most effective way to advocate for better public health practices in your community (hint: it is not by yelling at jogging neighbors), Miss Manners guides readers through the unprecedented circumstances of the current global pandemic with humanity and wit.
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W. W. Norton & Co
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c2010
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xiii, 295 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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An etiquette maven and her newlywed daughter explain how to have a dignified ceremony and delightful celebration without succumbing to the now-prevalent pattern of the money-draining wedding that exhausts families and exploits friends.