The Modern Girls' Guide to Life

Working 12 ? 12: The Modern Girls' Guide to Practically Everything

With today's wealth of books available on practically every topic, Jane Buckingham's The Modern Girl's Guide to Life stands out as a first-rate guide for every young woman. Buckingham's guide, which attempts to ease young women making the transition from college student to professional working woman, provides a treasure trove of basic but essential information. With such chapters as 'Bond Jane Bond,' 'Mod-Girl Etiquette,' and 'Savvy Survival Skills' Buckingham's book explains the need for professionalism in the workplace and how best to maintain this dignity inside and outside of the office. Buckingham's guide also gently eases the reader, presumably a young woman, into the adult world with helpful, logical and insightful tips.

In the chapter entitled 'Savvy Survival Skills' Buckingham explains topics as alien and diverse as opening an IRA to how to best go about purchasing a used car. She writes in earnest, describing the tragic loss of her mother when she was only twenty-two, and how she hopes that 'While