How to Be a Lady Revised and Expanded
A Contemporary Guide to Common Courtesy

It was helpful to read a book on ettiquette from a modern perspective (since some common courtesies are becoming obsolete or no longer necessary). However, I didn't care for all the ettiquette relating to parties and drinking wine and alcohol - because I don't drink, and I don't believe drinking alc......more

I found this little book both offensive and amusing in turns. Not to say there's not some useful stuff in here about how ALL people should behave in the world and toward one another, but it just reminded me too much of the woman's place in the world as the giver. She should give give give and never......more

I listened to the audio version of this book while strolling through my neighborhood. The book is a laundry list of basic manners. I'd love to say that these "common courtesies" were common sense, but given my interactions with people today this book could be highly useful to a lot of young women. I......more

Some of this is obvious but it never hurts to brush up. Especially with such fabulosity as this: "When a guest behaves less than mannerly, a lady endures the actions of her guest, but she remembers those actions the next time she makes out her guest list." (aka, a true lady knows how to embody the qua......more