30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 - Softcover

Adcock, Siobhan; Mortensen, Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767913973 ISBN 13: 9780767913973

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2003

Synopsis

Offers advice on how to accomplish thirty life skills before turning thirty, including how to wrap a present, get a raise, use a compass, change a flat, fold a fitted sheet, sew a button, and change a diaper.

About this title

About the Author

A competent twenty-something (though she can’t drive a stick shift), SIOBHAN ADCOCK has written for numerous sites and zines, including iVillage and Nerve, and was an editor at Anchor Books. She lives in New York City.

From the Inside Flap

ence. Now in convenient book format

30 must-have life skills every capable adult should perfect before turning 30.

You re old enough to own property and have a family, but can you safely open a bottle of champagne? Or change a flat tire? 30 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do Before Turning 30 provides idiot-proof instructions for mastering these and other essential, face-saving, and possibly life-saving skills.
You ll learn how to...
1. wrap a present
2. start a successful fire in a fireplace, at a campsite, and in a barbecue
3. finish a piece of furniture
4. get a raise
5. order wine at a restaurant without getting stiffed
6. parallel park in three breathtakingly beautiful movements
7. dance a slow dance without looking like an idiot
8. use a full place setting properly, including chopsticks and Asian soup spoons
9. clean your place in under

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767913973
• ISBN 13: 9780767913973
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 315