Looking for the user.s manual that should have come with your life?
This compendium of socially acceptable responses to every conceivable
opportunity for personal embarrassment or inadvertent insult is as
close as you.re likely to get. Post, great-granddaughter-in-law to
the famous Emily, carries on the family business as a recognized
authority and frequently interviewed and published author. Far from
quaint, her update to the 1922 classic includes sections on how to
graciously discuss a potential sex partner.s past and the circumstances
under which one can re-gift in good conscience. These new sections
seamlessly co-exist with discussions on perennially necessary topics,
such as where to place a soupspoon when setting a formal table and
whether one may wear white after Labor Day (the answer is yes).
This integration of new material with old, according to Post, follows
the same basic principles that underlay Emily Post.s original version.
showing respect and consideration for others while placing a premium
on honesty, graciousness and deference. The original book was
considered revolutionary in its time because it recast manners from
rigid Victorian rules into behavior that was based on ethics, values
and common sense. This latest version isn.t revolutionary, but it.s
useful. It also serves as a reminder of how individual choices may
affect others and how easy it is to choose.words, wardrobes, gifts
and actions.more wisely. At 800-plus pages, cover-to-cover reading
isn.t intended. This is a book best referred to like a wise old aunt
who would be consulted as situations warrant. Regardless of how one
consumes it, every section, from "Dining and Entertaining" to "You
and Your Job," tends to leave the reader feeling a bit improved for
the effort and hopeful about Post.s assertion that good behavior is
catching.the more it is displayed, the more it spreads.

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