Life is Friends: A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person Audiobook, by Jeanne Martinet Play Audiobook Sample

Life is Friends: A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person Audiobook

Life is Friends: A Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person Audiobook, by Jeanne Martinet Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jeanne Martinet Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 4.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 3.50 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: March 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781602835825

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

61:28 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

15:33 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

32:04 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

5

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Publisher Description

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

Overall Performance: 3.07692307692308 out of 53.07692307692308 out of 53.07692307692308 out of 53.07692307692308 out of 53.07692307692308 out of 5 (3.08)
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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " listened to this in my car. Found it validating and interesting. "

    — Terri, 7/22/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " It was a good book on social ettiquette and I liked her sense of humor too, she's pretty funny, "

    — Cindy, 12/2/2011
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Pretty common-sense way of looking at relationships, hosting and attending parties, etc. "

    — Mara, 11/15/2010
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " listened to this in my car. Found it validating and interesting. "

    — Terri, 7/29/2010
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " 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.