Raised by Wolves: Everything You Need to Know to Live a Happy and Civilized Life

by Christie Mellor

Book Overview

From Christie Mellor, author of the beloved bestseller The Three-Martini Playdate, comes a hilarious guide for every young adult who may have missed the memo bearing the rules of adulthood. In Raised by Wolves, Mellor offers a helping hand to those for whom a kitchen is a foreign country and bed-making a mystical, unfamiliar art--showing them how to be more self-sufficient, mildly civilized, and able to prepare the perfect cocktail!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061938734
• ISBN13: 9780061938733
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Killer great!

Christie Mellor is the edgy, sharp Emily Post of today. She's as smart and funny an author as you'll find. Her earlier book, "The Three Martini Playdate" set the tone for her acidic but eminently practical strategy for parenting, and in "Were You Raised By Wolves?:...", she continues this approach for kids heading into adulthood. Her advice is spot-on and realistic, but the tone is so charming and funny that even the intended audience can appreciate it. And that's a major feat. Fantastic book, highly recommended!

DO NOT send a kid off to college without this book!

DO NOT send a kid off to college without this book! The perfect graduation gift! No matter how good a job you think you did of parenting the little brat, this book will catch all the little spots you missed. Your kid's roommate will thank you. Essential, and also very funny!

A Pack of Fun

This is more than a how-to book for clueless, newly-minted adults. This is an amusing, well-rendered, good-faith attempt at restoring the Social Contract. Too many people are being let loose on the world without having learned the basics of hosting, guesting, home care and self-sustenance. Mother Superior Mellor brings all her wit and whimsy (plus delightful hand-drawn illustrations) to a book that arrives not a moment too soon. I laughed and learned... I recommend it not only to the cubs, but anyone who needs a refresher course on how to be civilized.

Wonderful, why didn't somebody give me this 30 years ago?

funny,funny,cold hard truth.way too late for me, but a must for those in their 20's, 30's or anyone that needs a nudge into adulthood. everything from never missing a chance to shut-up (author's chapter on how "ears are our friends")to how to establish an adult relationship with alcohol, other humans,or not so human,your bank,crazy people, "gasbags",things that won't leave,money,sports nuts,shakespeare,peter sellers,law makers and ourselves. Bravo!! mucho gusto.

Funny and Smart

I loved this book! Really hilarious, but also full of very practical information for 20-somethings on their own for the first time. A perfect graduation gift. So original!