Synopses & Reviews
How can it be that you receive dozens of personal e-mails or texts every day but have nothing to do come Saturday night? Or that youre constantly juggling a jam-packed schedule while always feeling that something essential is missing? Who the heck took the
social out of your social life?
Jeanne Martinet, the celebrated author of The Art of Mingling, solves these mysteries and more in Life Is Friends. With an attitude thats savvy, sympathetic, and down-to-earth, Martinet gives you the game plan for relearning the lost art of socializing. Forget texting, IMing, Facebook, and Internet relationships.” When it comes to building real friendships, she says, theres simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality.
Martinet offers a full gamut of strategies and techniques for socializing, from making that first connection with someone to maintaining a long-term relationship. And she focuses on entertainingwhether its a dinner party or an informal get-together, a cocktail party or a monthly card gamebecause sharing ones home and lifestyle is the most important element in nurturing friendships.
Brimming with generous amounts of wit, all-too-true stories, and advice thats both pithy and practical, Life Is Friends gets us back on the path to social success and satisfaction. So read what Martinet has to say. And then, go ahead: Invite people over.
Synopsis
How can it be that you receive dozens of personal e-mails each week but have nothing to do come Saturday night? That you're constantly juggling a jam-packed schedule while always feeling that something essential is missing? Who took the
social out of your social life? With an attitude that's savvy, sympathetic, and just a little bit brash, Jeanne Martinet gives you the game plan for relearning the lost art of socializing. Forget texting, IM'ing, Facebook, and Internet "relationships." When it comes to building real friendships, there's simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality. In
Life is Friends, Martinet focuses on entertaining
at home--the dinner parties, cocktail parties, and informal get-togethers that are the key to creating lasting and fulfilling interpersonal bonds. So read what Martinet has to say. And then, go ahead:
Invite people over.Synopsis
With an attitude that's savvy, sympathetic, and just a little bit brash, Martinet gives readers the game plan for relearning the lost art of socializing. Forget texting, Facebook, and Internet relationships. When it comes to building real friendships, there's simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality.
About the Author
Jeanne Martinet
is the author of six books, including the acclaimed
The Art of Mingling. She has shared her mingling know-how on hundreds of TV and radio shows, including the
Today show,
The Early Show, The Bill O'Reilly Show, and NPR's
Morning Edition. She lives in New York City.