THE ART OF BEING A WOMAN : A Simple Guide to Everyday Love and Laughter

New York, NY: Clarkson Potter/Random House, 2006. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. New/New. Ward Schumaker (Illustrations). Text/NEW & Bright. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Gilt embossed bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NEW. A gentle, inspiring guide to finding joy in womanhood from art director, journalist, lecturer & writer Veronique Vienne, who resides both in New York & Paris. 176 pgs, illustrated in free-flowing line drawings, in 16 sister-to-sister discourses, intimate & whimsical, on matters as only women fathom. They are, in full: 1, You (a short exhortation); 2, Other Women (a self-esteem primer); 3, Friendship (words of encouragement); 4, Men (vive la difference!); 5, Sex (excerpts from Cupid's bag of tricks); 6, Self-Improvement (the seven deadly virtues); 7, Homemaking (how to have some good clean fun); 8, Pretty Things (in praise of frivolity); 9. Makeovers (Parisian beauty secrets); 10, Dieting (the skinny on blubber); 11, Fashion (pulling yourself together); 12, Shopping (a guilt-free guide to reckless splurging); 13, Entertaining (promoting civilization at home); 14, Love (how to lose your head); 15, Family (keys to generational road maps); and 16, Life (the art of being lucky).