How Do You Work This Life Thing?
Advice for the Newly Independent on Roommates, Jobs, Sex, and Everything That Counts
by Lizzie Post
ISBN: 9780060823757
$19.95 Hardcover
Collins

My roommate leaves her clothes all over the place!

I loaned my friend fifty bucks--I don't know when he'll pay me back.

That's the third night in a row that Tom's friend has crashed on our couch.

Someone needs to say something. . . .

Living on your own is great! Except when problems crop up: roommate hassles, dating dilemmas, work stuff, social stuff, and just stuff. Finally, expert help is here. In How Do You Work This Life Thing? Lizzie Post, great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post, shows how to navigate the pleasures and perils of independent life, offering advice on everything from getting along with roommates and dating to getting a coveted job.

Highlights of How Do You Work This Life Thing? include:
• Prospective Roommate Checklist
• Romance, Dating, and Sex at Your Place
• The Get-It-Together Party Prep List
• What to Wear When
• Cell Tips: What to Do Where
• Top Ten Table Manners
• Dating 101
• Tipping 101
• Landing the Perfect Job

Lizzie's down-to-earth style and tales from personal experience, coupled with sound advice in the Emily Post tradition, makes this a real-life guide that can be trusted.