Cary Neeper's Blog: Reviewing World-changing Nonfiction - Posts Tagged "courtesy"

Dear Connie:
I just finished reading your book The Art of Thank You cover to cover. Inspired, I immediately dashed off a few notes. Thank you! Not only for your in-depth summary of how useful appreciation can be in a variety of situations (and how our manners have tanked recently), but for the extraordinary quotes that served as memorable examples of effective thank-you-note writing. The time you invested in researching and in acquiring permission to use those quotes boggles my mind. Then you added a list of useful phrases for easy reference, a reminder list of when thank-yous are needed, and an index. I was going to give this book to a negligent granddaughter or to the one about to make her way into the world of professional behavior, but I think I’ll keep this one for reference and get copies for all four of them. Your publisher, Beyond Words Publishing, also describes a list of books I hope they read.
With admiration for your thorough work, Cary