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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Should be required reading before attempting to use the Tube, 15 May 2002
By A Customer
This book could equally well be entitled "How to be Carrie Bradshaw". The ethos, syntax and grammar borrows heavily from Sex and the City. It's peppered with reference to popular culture (shoes are 'Manolos') and the whole book feels curiously mid-Atlantic.It does what it claims to do quite well, however, and anything that encourages a better-mannered society has to be a good thing. It's not a stuffy book about the finer points of etiquette, it's more a reminder that treating people with courtesy and respect makes you feel better and can take you far. Although much of the advice seems obvious at the age of 25, it would have been useful to know at 18. And I still know a lot of 25 year olds who would be better people for a quick read-through! Some of the chapters fall a bit flat, for example the one on keeping house, which is so basic it could be lifted straight from a fresher's guide to living away from home. I also found the chapters on relationships quite patronising and very American. One thing I had a particular problem - would a truly decorous girl really have a "F*** Buddy?" All in all, despite the froth, it must have sunk in because I let a lot more people out in front of me driving to work this morning and I've been smiling at people like a Miss World contestant all day! The world would undoubtedly be a more pleasant place if this book became a bestseller. Fabulous girls of the world unite - we have nothing to lose but our nail extensions!
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