How Not to Be a Dick: An Everyday Etiquette Guide - Hardcover

Meghan Doherty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1936976021 ISBN 13: 9781936976027

Publisher: Zest Books, 2013

Synopsis

How Not to be a Dick

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Review:

"Amen! - a parenting book for crummy parents like me. It's not so much a parenting book, per se - no, it really is an etiquette book. But the tone and language used is straightforward and speaks to teens and young adults in a manner that they understand. And all that stuff you learned in parenting class? It's back, and much more applicable than you thought. . . . The book is rated for 18+, but honest to God, I'll let my 12-year-old daughter read it. There's nothing inappropriate in terms of language or subject matter, I think, for middle schoolers, and frankly, that's where the seeds of dickishness are usually planted." --(Chicago Now)

Really? An etiquette book for teens? Yes, really, you butt-faced jerk! See, that right there is 'dickish behavior,' a timeless plague for which Doherty has a cabinet full of cures. The atmosphere is pure Dick and Jane: fussy early-reader prose married to bland clip-art-style illustrations starring a deadpan boy and girl. Through these old-fangled characters, Doherty fires absurd twenty-first-century zingers that happen to be really, really, really funny. (When was the last time you LOL d at a nonfiction book?) Droll humor is one thing, but does Doherty deliver substance? Shockingly, she does, offering teens blunt, no-nonsense advice on the adult world that awaits them....Given the emphasis on roommates, office parties, and alcohol, this is clearly the gift book for next year s high-school and college grads. After all, we all need the occasional reminder that peeing in the shower is wrong.   --(Booklist (Starred Review))

About the Author:

Meghan Doherty has illustrated the Zest books Undecided and Super Pop. She previously wrote for the Brooklyn-based web magazine Brokelyn and has created websites and posters for a variety of clients.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zest Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1936976021
• ISBN 13: 9781936976027
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192