Synopses & Reviews
"Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't listening," the saying goes.
When did the world stop wanting to hear? When did society become so thoughtless? It's a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says it's now reached the boiling point. Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy. Like Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Talk to the Hand is not a stuffy guidebook, and is sure to inspire spirited conversation.
Why hasn't your nephew ever thanked you for your carefully selected gift? What makes your contractor think it's fine to snub you in the midst of a major renovation? Why do crowds spawn selfishness? What accounts for the appalling treatment you receive in stores (if you're lucky enough to get a clerk's attention at all)? Most important, what will it take to roll back a culture that applauds those who are disrespectful? In a recent U.S. survey, 79 percent of adults said that lack of courtesy was a serious problem. For anyone who's fed up with the brutality inflicted by modern manners (or lack thereof), Talk to the Hand is a colorful call to armsfrom the wittiest defender of the civilized world.
Praise for Lynne Truss's #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots and Leaves:
"If Lynne Truss were Roman Catholic I'd nominate her for sainthood."
Frank McCourt, author of Angela's Ashes and 'Tis
"Ms. Truss's witty analysis and fussbudget tactics" are "contagious."
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Her scholarship is impressive and never dry."
Edmund Morris, The New York Times Book Review
"Truss brings a droll sensibility to that driest of topics [] She's a reformer with the soul of a stand-up comedian."
Jan Freeman, Boston Sunday Globe
"You can't help but be seduced by Truss's passion."
Mary Ambrose, Boston Sunday Globe
Synopsis
"Talk to the hand, cause the face aint listening," the saying goes.
When did the world stop wanting to hear? When did society become so thoughtless? Its a topic that has been simmering for years, and Lynne Truss says its now reached the boiling point. Taking on the boorish behavior that for some has become a point of pride, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy. Like Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Talk to the Hand is not a stuffy guidebook, and is sure to inspire spirited conversation.
Why hasnt your nephew ever thanked you for your carefully selected gift? What makes your contractor think its fine to snub you in the midst of a major renovation? Why do crowds spawn selfishness? What accounts for the appalling treatment you receive in stores (if youre lucky enough to get a clerks attention at all)? Most important, what will it take to roll back a culture that applauds those who are disrespectful? In a recent U.S. survey, 79 percent of adults said that lack of courtesy was a serious problem. For anyone whos fed up with the brutality inflicted by modern manners (or lack thereof), Talk to the Hand is a colorful call to armsfrom the wittiest defender of the civilized world.
Synopsis
The "Queen of Zero Tolerance" and "New York Times" bestselling author of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" takes on the sorry state of modern manners, looking at the "utter bloody rudeness" of the world today while offering six good reasons to stay home. Abridged. 2 CDs.
Description
Lynne Truss is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation and The Lynne Truss Treasury. Eats, Shoots & Leaves, for which she won Britains Book of the Year Award, has sold over one million copies in North America and over two million copies worldwide. Truss is also the author of numerous radio comedy dramas and for many years served as a television critic and sports columnist for The Times, London).
About the Author
Lynne Truss is a writer and journalist who started out as a literary editor with a blue pencil and then got sidetracked. The author of three novels and numerous radio comedy dramas, she spent six years as the television critic of The Times of London, followed by four (rather peculiar) years as a sports columnist for the same newspaper. She won Columnist of the Year for her work for Women’s Journal. Lynne Truss also hosted Cutting a Dash, a popular BBC Radio 4 series about punctuation. She now reviews books for the Sunday Times of London and is a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4. She lives in Brighton, England.