Miss Manners' Guide to Domestic Tranquility the Authoritative Manual for Every Civilized Household, However Harried
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Random House Inc
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
Description:
In this household bible, Miss Manners tells the homemakers of the new millennium how to create and maintain a smoothly functioning, always proper home. Chapters include: The People, The Rules, The System, The Help, The Visitors, Entertaining -- the Social Contract, Entertaining -- the Social Event, Entertaining -- The Relatives, and Dealing with the Community. Composed of approximately 30% original essays -- which include what a household is and isn't, needs and doesn't need, how to set up house rules and schedules, and how to discern business from pleasure -- and 70% relevant letters from Gentle Readers that answer every conceivable question pertaining to homelife, this is a classic reference: funny, authoritative, witty, and truly helpful where we most need it. Martha helped you get a fabulous home and a fabulous life: now Miss Manners tells you how to run them both.
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Returnable at the third party seller's discretion and may come without consumable supplements like access codes, CD's, or workbooks.
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