Blog Tour and Giveaway: No Nice Girl Swears by Alice-Leone Moats

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the NO NICE GIRL SWEARS by Alice-Leone Moats Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About The Book:

Title: NO NICE GIRL SWEARS: Notes on High Society, Social Graces, and Keeping Your Wits from a Jazz-Age Debutante

Author: Alice-Leone Moats foreword by Stellene Volandes

Pub. Date: April 7, 2020

Publisher: Apollo Publishers

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 184

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

No Nice Girl Swears is the original, trailblazing guide to the “new etiquette,” brimming with timeless advice on style, romance, and grace, and finally back in print 90 years after its original release. Forewords by today’s editor in chief of Town & Country and the editor in chief of Vogue from 1914–1952.

Heralded as the go-to guide for soon-to-be debutantes and ladies who’d recently made their debut, No Nice Girl Swears ushered in a “new etiquette” on its release in 1933, much to the shock—and delight—of the high-society crowd of jazz-age America. Today it is equal parts time capsule (how to dress for dinner on your transatlantic voyage) and timeless missive (how to ditch a date who’s had a few too many).

Worldly-wise socialite Alice-Leone Moats advises on everything from style and dating to travel and party throwing, and weeds through the dos and don’ts of weddings, weekend trips, and the workplace. Her wisdom, though steeped in the charm of her time, endures: treat others—and yourself—with respect, always put your best foot forward, and don’t throw a party without champagne. It’s just good manners.

This keepsake volume includes a new foreword from Stellene Volandes, the editor in chief of Town & Country, the original foreword from Edna Woolman Chase, Vogue’s editor in chief from 1914–1952, and a contextualizing preface. It encourages consideration of what etiquette rules we’d like instilled today, and shows how Moats helped usher in a world where women could speak—and act—freely.

"A book of modern etiquette for the modern debutante and sub deb, with an eye on her mother. Definitely keyed to the city and suburban communities, rather than the small town. Humor and commonsense combined in due proportion in answering such questions as: Shall I ask him in? May I call you up some time? What is the technique of being picked up? What should be done if my escort passes out on me? And so on. In addition, the author gives the latest usage in the matter of debutante parties, chaperonage (you'd be surprised!), engagements, weddings, clothes, week-end parties, and other contingencies. In good taste, and yet distinctly smart. The book itself is another experiment in colored stock—yellow this time—but since the books are to be sealed with cellophane wrappers, the prospective buyer wont know what she is getting until the purchase is made."

—Kirkus Review

“In spite of such reminiscent titles of 'Shall She Ask Him In?' and 'Never Speak To Strangers Unless They Speak to You,' these chapters contain serious advice—the pragmatism of it all cloaked in a flippant and humor-flecked style.”

—New York Times

Excerpt:

Review: 

Alice-Leone Moats has written a fun read in No Nice Girl Swears. It gives advice and tips on how to act in society from the past. I honestly got a little tickled at few of them. Some of them includes what to do and not to do while on a date. And many other do’s and don’t’s what is expected from a young lady.
I thought No Nice Girl Swears to be a delightful read and recommend it. I am giving it four stars.
I received this book from the publisher. This review is 100% my own honest opinion.

About Alice:

Alice-Leone Moats (1908–1989) was an American journalist and author who was born in Mexico to wealthy and socially prominent American parents. She attended convent schools in Mexico City, Rome and Paris, as well as the Brearley School in Manhattan and the Fermata School for Girls in Aiken, South Carolina.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Publisher Info:

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Giveaway Details:

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

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3/31/2020	BookHounds	Excerpt
4/1/2020	Mythical Books	Excerpt
4/2/2020	Twirling Book Princess	Excerpt
4/3/2020	She Just Loves Books	Review

Week Two:

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4/8/2020	Hurn Publications	Review
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Week Three:

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