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From New York Times best-selling writer of Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps comes a funny, alluring guide to modern civility in these - yes, we'll say it - alternatively uncivil times. Graciousness is doing the arts of kindness, thoughtfulness, good manners, mankind, and basic decency. Being a bonus, it creates your daily life and even the world (or at least the room you're in) much lovelier. It's not about memorizing every guideline of traditional etiquette to a T (though there is certainly a great deal there to explore!) or spending all your time maintaining a spotless house. It's about approaching the earth with compassion, conviction, self-confidence, and wholeheartedness, whether you're at the Met Gala or declaring good morning to a convenience store clerk. From chatting easily with one to learning the subtleties of sociable multimedia etiquette (hint: stop early, stop often), Brown has talked to gracious women and men all over the country to give you easy ways to embody your own graciousness. Throughout the book, she provides tips on how to cope with the folks and circumstances that problem even the most socially graceful in our midst, advice on how to practice graciousness in everyday activity, and thoughtful discussions on being kind to those around you without ever sacrificing your sense of self applied. With the intelligence of gracious folk which range from superstars to the author's mother-in-law, this book explains the point of view, activities - and, sometimes, inaction - that help us move smoothly and effectively through whatever life tosses at us.

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