The Princess-in-Training Manual/Divas Don't Fake It - Softcover

Forget your Inner Child. Who wants to embrace that whiny mess? Your Inner Princess is calling...and she’s got some fabulous plans for you....

First, a princess defined:

Princess: [prin’ses] noun.

1. A non-reigning female member of a royal family. (That would be me, Princess Jacqueline de Soignee).

2. A regally attractive or outstanding woman. (Also me, but will soon be you, too, once you’ve completed the princess-in-training course!)

Life is more than just saketinis at Nobu and jaunts to Paris for a modern-day monarch. One must earn the initials H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness) before her name. One can’t simply be born with them. Well, technically, I guess one can. But they must still be lived up to. One wouldn’t want to end up as a feature on the Royal Messes week of E! True Hollywood Story...!

Watch, er, read, as I demonstrate princessly behavior. Join me in my adventures in Prada-spotting at fifty paces to encounters with frogs masquerading as princes (and vice versa) to being trounced by the tabloids, and learn how to handle foibles with the aplomb befitting a true princess.

In this enjoyable "flip" book, two authors show women how to find their inner princesses and divas. Drucker's offering (which might have benefited from less advice and more action) is narrated by the spunky Princess Jacqueline de Soignee. Jacqueline may live a life of leisure, but she also runs a charity and genuinely cares about her friends. And princesses do run into frogs, as Jacqueline discovers when she goes out with a handsome actor, only to realize that her Prince Charming is waiting in the wings. "I was born to be a diva," Xandra informs her readers at the beginning of Orloff's charming escapade, and she's a delightful guide to the world of divadom. Xandra and her best friend Scott hit all of the hottest clubs and drink the trendiest drinks, but Xandra's quest for true love isn't successful until she meets Scott's neighbor, the delicious David. But Xandra will find that even divas have to be flexible and forgiving when it comes to love. Kristine Huntley
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