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Life is Friends: A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person Audiobook
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With an attitude that's savvy, sympathetic, and delightfully down-to-earth, 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 at-home entertaining—the dinner parties, cocktail parties, and informal get togethers that are the key to creating lasting, fulfilling interpersonal bonds. So read what Martinet has to say. And then, go ahead: Invite people over.
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"I heard the author on NPR and just had to read her book. Witty, intelligent, full of common sense and even the parts that don't apply to me were still entertaining. A great book."
— Cynthia (5 out of 5 stars)
Life is Friends Listener Reviews
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" This is a witty, contemporary discussion on how to win friends and also how to be a great guest. Filled with practical tips, the emphasis is on opening your own home to others and doing so with a minimum of stress. A practical handbook for people out of practice. "
— Gloria, 10/24/2013 -
" listened to this in my car. Found it validating and interesting. "
— Terri, 7/22/2013 -
" Audiobook...listen to this if you need a heavy dose of guilt for not having friends over for dinner, drinks, tea etc. Some of her suggestions are annoying but overall, it does make one more aware of just how unsociable some of us become. "
— Sandy, 7/5/2013 -
" A witty and warm compendium of advice on how to be a better friend. The author seems very charming and knowledgeable--you want to be her friend! "
— Trent, 2/27/2013 -
" I like this author, but this book was pretty repetitive. She really harped on making sure you see your friends and go to parties even if you don't feel like it. Beyond that, she does have some good social strategies and advice. "
— M, 2/15/2013 -
" It was a good book on social ettiquette and I liked her sense of humor too, she's pretty funny, "
— Cindy, 12/2/2011 -
" Pretty common-sense way of looking at relationships, hosting and attending parties, etc. "
— Mara, 11/15/2010 -
" Jeanne Martinet is a bit too honest about the dynamics of friendship. I agree with her basic idea that friendship is something that needs to be cultivated, I felt like I was reading a business guide to managing friends which seemed a bit too forced for me. "
— Barb, 8/1/2010 -
" listened to this in my car. Found it validating and interesting. "
— Terri, 7/29/2010 -
" Audiobook...listen to this if you need a heavy dose of guilt for not having friends over for dinner, drinks, tea etc. Some of her suggestions are annoying but overall, it does make one more aware of just how unsociable some of us become. "
— Sandy, 5/22/2009 -
" A witty and warm compendium of advice on how to be a better friend. The author seems very charming and knowledgeable--you want to be her friend! "
— Trent, 5/22/2009 -
" This is a witty, contemporary discussion on how to win friends and also how to be a great guest. Filled with practical tips, the emphasis is on opening your own home to others and doing so with a minimum of stress. A practical handbook for people out of practice. "
— Gloria, 5/14/2009 -
" Jeanne Martinet is a bit too honest about the dynamics of friendship. I agree with her basic idea that friendship is something that needs to be cultivated, I felt like I was reading a business guide to managing friends which seemed a bit too forced for me. "
— Barb, 5/8/2009
About Jeanne Martinet
Jeanne Martinet, author of The Art of Mingling, The Faux Pas Survival Guide, Getting beyond Hello, Come-Ons, Comebacks and Kiss-offs, Artful Dodging, and Truer Than True Romance, has been a guest on hundreds of television and radio shows. She has also been featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines. She lives, writes, and mingles in New York City.