Like many women, one of my all-time favorite actresses and style icons is Grace Kelly. Growing up, I only knew her as Princess Grace but I became interested in her pre-princess life when I moved to New Jersey and started teaching in Philadelphia.
A Touch of Grace: How to be a Princess, the Grace Kelly Way by Cindy De La Hoz is not really a biography about Princess Grace nor is it really a “how to” book on how to be a princess. It is, however, a photo album filled with favorite pictures (and some I hadn’t seen before) and words of wisdom taken from her life and generous use of quotes. The short passages provide a nice reminder of how a proper lady is expected to behave (using mid-century values and sensibilities).
It is a perfect book for those evenings when your brain doesn’t want to do any heavy lifting but you don’t want to zone out in front of the television. You will probably read it through in a couple of hours.
I give it a “thumbs up.”
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I ADORE Grace Kelly. She was amazing. I will have to put this on my Christmas wish list. Thanks!
Grace Kelly was such a beautiful and graceful woman. Once I find my box of DVDs, I’m going to plan for a movie day and watch Rear Window and Dial M For Murder.
I think I deserve it after washing windows and cleaning the yucky vertical venetian blinds yesterday!