And One More Thing...: A Mother's Advice on Life, Love, and Lipstick

Book Description
DESCRIPTION: When Joan Caraganis Jakobson’s daughter became engaged, she realized there was so much she wanted to tell her before she left. But time was running out. Joan started writing out the hard-earned lessons she had learned over the years. Filled with wonderfully sassy advice, AND ONE MORE THING... gives daughters information they’ll really use--like what to do when seated next to a boring person at a dinner party, how to properly arrange flowers, and how to tell a real designer bag from a fake one. As Joan’s daughter says, Joan may look like a minivan-driving soccer mom with a twin set and pearls, but this is a woman full of surprises. And so is the book. Joan tells women: "for God’s sake talk about politics and sex at dinner parties (what else is more entertaining?)" At the end of the book there are pages for mothers to personalize with their own advice to their daughters.


About the Author
JOAN CARAGANIS JAKOBSON lives in New York City.


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A freelance writer based in New York City, Jakobson gears her guide to adult daughters, including advice on etiquette, decorating, money, love and children, and other topics in between. Some of her guidance is serious, and some is surely not, but all of it is presented with dry humor. This contemporary Emily Post may remind older readers of the more restrictive guidebooks of the past, but the sophisticated, worldly wisdom imparted here is by no means prudish or outdated. And while some of the rules may seem precious (at least to those of us with little opportunity to attend or host formal seated dinners), Jakobson has a way of poking fun at the rules of "niceness" even as she acknowledges their necessity. For larger psychology collections. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.


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