With the Grace of Liberace Go I

[lsanderson]

By JANCEE DUNN
Published: November 22, 2007

I USED to give the worst holiday get-togethers. I was a jittery mess, the sort of person who leapt to refill a glass and filled any conversational lull with nervous chatter. Of course, that was before I discovered “My Way of Life,” Joan Crawford’s 1971 guide to “gracious living,” six years ago.

Her cheerfully deranged tips on entertaining, decorating and being “lovely to look at” became my secret weapon — not to follow, but to read aloud at my parties. They were an instant hit. More