Melissa M. (honeybee23) reviewed How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class & Grace on + 11 more book reviews
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"It won't be pretty for a while, my friends, but we'll get through it together," from page 73 of Jordan Christy's "How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World" sums up Christy's approach to mentoring women who want to live "with style, class and grace." Unlike a self help book, Christy has written a reference manual of modern etiquette that draws on the wisdom of old-fashioned advice.
In the introduction, Christy acquaints the reader with the "Stupid Girls," who epitomize the antithesis of living with style, class and grace. Christy's aim is to
"make intelligent look attractive! Can we do it? Again, I say YES! But first, you must know what you're up against in a Stupid Girl world. It's easy to slide into stupidity with just a few small, bad choices, so we need to be on the lookout for them ahead of time."
The ensuing chapters provide concrete examples of how one can make the choices that will reap huge benefits towards building the character of a woman who emulates style, class and grace. Her advice may not cover new ground, for example one of her key points is the importance to maintain eye contact during conversation, but what is unique is her ability to convey valuable life lessons in a non-preaching manner. Instead of lecturing on how a woman should act, Christy shares her insight on how a woman can respect herself.
The full review is available at http://reminderlist.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-be-hepburn-in-hilton-world.html
In the introduction, Christy acquaints the reader with the "Stupid Girls," who epitomize the antithesis of living with style, class and grace. Christy's aim is to
"make intelligent look attractive! Can we do it? Again, I say YES! But first, you must know what you're up against in a Stupid Girl world. It's easy to slide into stupidity with just a few small, bad choices, so we need to be on the lookout for them ahead of time."
The ensuing chapters provide concrete examples of how one can make the choices that will reap huge benefits towards building the character of a woman who emulates style, class and grace. Her advice may not cover new ground, for example one of her key points is the importance to maintain eye contact during conversation, but what is unique is her ability to convey valuable life lessons in a non-preaching manner. Instead of lecturing on how a woman should act, Christy shares her insight on how a woman can respect herself.
The full review is available at http://reminderlist.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-be-hepburn-in-hilton-world.html
Amanda M. (tapcat16) reviewed How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class & Grace on + 150 more book reviews
The exact reading niche for this book is difficult to determine. Those who already want to live with intelligence and class like the classic strong Hollywood women from the 1940s and 1950s will be hard-pressed to find much new information here beyond the fashion advice (which is quite good). On the other hand, the partying "Stupid Girls" who most need this book probably won't be inclined to pick it up. Still, everyone gets tired of partying eventually. Hopefully this book will serve as a much-needed guide to women raised to a partying lifestyle by reality tv and the media instead of to use the freedoms our suffragette fore-mothers fought for to the best of our abilities.
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Debbie D. (debbiemd) reviewed How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World: The Art of Living with Style, Class & Grace on
this book would be better for someone younger. Or if it was just an article rather than a full length book. But at my age I didn't need to read 200 pages of "dress appropriately, speak nicely, learn and better yourself, smile, and have a dinner party" along with a list of don'ts: don't hang out of your clothes, don't curse, don't wear too much makeup, don't be a flashy reality tv show persona. So there was nothing wrong with this book per se, but just didn't give me a message I really needed.
