With an attitude that’s savvy, sympathetic, and just a little bit brash, Jeanne Martinet gives you the game plan for re-learning the lost art of socializing. Forget texting, IM’ing, Facebook, and Internet “relationships.” When it comes to building real friendships, there’s simply no substitute for live, in-person hospitality. Martinet focuses on at-home entertaining—the dinner parties, cocktail parties, and informal get-togethers that are the key to creating lasting, fulfilling interpersonal bonds. The next bestseller from the author of The Art of Mingling!

Jeanne Martinet is the author of six books, including the acclaimed The Art of Mingling. She has shared her mingling know-how on hundreds of television and radio shows, including the Today show, The Early Show, The Bill O’Reilly Show, and NPR’s Morning Edition. She lives in New York City.