The Art of Southern Charm

The surprise breakout star of Bravo's hit reality show, Southern Charm, introduces an essential lifestyle guide as refreshing and fun as a gin martini. Patricia on #SouthernCharm, like lookin' in the damn mirror. Cheers queen.-Lady Gaga Fan-favorite Bravolebrity Patricia Altschul from the primetime show Southern Charm finally brings fans her eagerly anticipated opus on etiquette and living a glamorous Southern lifestyle. Patricia provides advice on every situation, from hosting a memorable cocktail party, to decoding the dress code for any event, to handling a drunken boor at the dinner table, to delivering the perfectly phrased insult-like her now iconic shameless strumpet. The Art of Southern Charm takes readers inside the world of Charleston's most captivating grande dame, who (with Michael the Butler) offers a blueblood's blueprint for curating and celebrating life at its best. Some viewers might watch the Bravo reality show Southern Charm to witness the escapades of Charleston's young elite, but at T&C we watch just to see Patricia Altschul in action . . . She's the show's resident expert in decorum, manners, and entertaining.-Emily Selter, Town & Country Since Southern Charm premiered in 2014, Mrs. Altschul, 78, has emerged as a tart-tongued matriarch doing the work of a Greek chorus for a cast in which half the members can barely figure out how to get out of bed before noon (and once there, how to proceed without a beer) . . . Some of Mrs. Altschul's points of view may seem out of touch . . . But her commentary can also be incisive and funny, sparking roundups of her zingers across the internet.-The New York Times