Jeanne Martinet

Life is Friends: a Complete Guide to the Lost Art of Connecting in Person Jeanne Martinet

Brief Description: How can it be that you receive dozens of personal emails each week but have nothing to do come Saturday night? 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? With an attitude thats savvy, sympathetic, and just a little bit brash, Jeanne 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, theres simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality. In Life Is Friends, Martinet focuses on at-home entertainingthe 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. Biographical Note: Jeanne Martinetis 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. Marc Notes: Offers a full gamut of strategies and techniques for socializing, from making that first connection with someone to maintaining a long-term relationship. Publisher Marketing: 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 you're 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 that's 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, there's 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 entertaining--whether it's a dinner party or an informal get-together, a cocktail party or a monthly card game--because sharing one's home and lifestyle is the most important element in nurturing friendships. Brimming with generous amounts of wit, all-too-true stories, and advice that's 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. Review Citations:

Library Journal 02/15/2009 pg. 118 (EAN 9781584797500, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 03/30/2009 pg. 48 (EAN 9781602835818, Compact Disc)

Contributor Bio:  Martinet, Jeanne Jeanne Martinet is the author of "The Art of Mingling" (now in its tenth printing), "The Faux Pas Survival Guide", "Getting Beyond Hello", "Artful Dodging", and "Come-ons, Comebacks, and Kiss-offs". A master dodger as well as an inveterate mingler, she lives in New York City.